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Commando (1985) -- A retired elite commando has only a few hours to find and rescue his daughter from an exiled dictator.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   35,191 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jeph Loeb (story) &
Matthew Weisman (story) ...
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Release Date:
4 October 1985 (USA) more
Tagline:
If there's a mission that no man could survive...then *he's* the man for the job. more
Plot:
A retired elite commando has only a few hours to find and rescue his daughter from an exiled dictator. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
This movie was touched by God! more (361 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min | 92 min (director's cut) | Sweden:75 min (video version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Germany:18 (re-release) (2001) (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Italy:T (re-rating) | Italy:VM14 (orginal rating) | USA:R (certificate #27763) | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1992) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1985) | Australia:MA (Definitive Edition DVD) | France:-12 | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) (cut) | Sweden:15 (video rating) | Sweden:(Banned) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | New Zealand:R (re rating) (2009) | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | Ireland:18 (cut UK version) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Singapore:M18 | UK:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1987) (cut) | Norway:(Banned) (1985-2003) (cinema release) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vernon Wells have remained close friends ever since the making of the movie. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Matrix and Cindy approach the island with the airplane, Cindy moves the throttle forwards, the next shot viewed from outside the plane inside the cockpit Cindy moves the throttle backwards. more
Quotes:
Arius: Mr. Bennett, my soldiers are patriots.
Bennett: Your soldiers are nothing. Matrix and I can kill every single one of them
[click]
Bennett: in the blink of an eye. Remember that.
Arius: Are you trying to... frighten me?
Bennett: I don't have to try. When Matrix finishes the job, he'll be back for his daughter. Now whether she's alive or dead doesn't matter. Then he'll be after you. Now the only thing between you and Matrix...
[points to himself]
Bennett: is me.
Arius: It is you that is afraid, Mr. Bennett. YOU are afraid of Matrix.
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WE FIGHT FOR LOVE more

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114 out of 123 people found the following comment useful.
This movie was touched by God!, 10 March 2007
10/10
Author: YugoNinja from Slovenia

Did it ever happen in your life that you've seen such a beautiful movie, such a perfect piece of art, such an unbelievable example of man-made splendor, such a gorgeous masterpiece that it hurt your eyes? Well, I did. And it wasn't the Schindler's List or the Lord of the Rings. No, it was the BEST action movie ever made. The BEST interpretation of the Governator. The BEST explosions. The BEST one-liners. The BEST plot. And the BEST tag-line. This movie is like the Art of Japanese gardening. Simple and beautiful. Balanced. Proportioned. There's just the right amount of everything. And there is just about everything that should go into an action movie: car chases, explosions, drug-lords, sex, an invincible hero, sitting-duck-like enemies, humor, knife duels, fist fights, rocket launchers, blood, death, bullets, glass, pectorals, muscles, some more muscles, explosions and more explosions. You need more? It's got Arnold. Need more? It's got Arnold with a sense of humor. Still more? It's got Arnold with a sense of humor and a rocket launcher. Put these three elements together and try to guess what happens. Destruction. On a mass scale. I won't give away the plot, because it is too intricate and surprising. Basically it is Arnie on a mission to save his daughter. That's about it. But what is important is not the fact that Arnie will save his daughter, but HOW will he save his daughter. Oh, are you saying that The Matrix is the best action movie of all time? Does The Matrix have Arnold Schwarzenegger? NO. Does Commando have the Matrix? YES. JOHN MATRIX, in fact. Oh, so you are saying that Neo dodges bullets? John Matrix doesn't need to. He is bulletproof. He eats bullets for breakfast. Need more proof? I thought so... I gave this Caravaggio painted on celluloid a 10 only because IMDb doesn't go to 11. This movie is so eye-blindingly beautiful I can't find the words to properly end my commentary and render justice to this cinematic masterpiece. So I will just use the movie's tag-line: Somewhere... somehow... someone's going to pay!

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