Commando (1985) Review - Old Man Orange Podcast 714

Spencer and Dave are going back to 1985 for a Vintage Cinema Review, to what might be the ultimate Arnold Schwarzenegger movie experience. Of course, Terminator and Conan the Barbarian are his most famous roles, but Commando is everything great about Arnie wrapped in one action filled party. It's got the big explosions, hand to hand combat, guns a blazing, fantastic one liners, and great bad guy characters that feel like proto–Metal Gear Solid like villains. What is not to love here. Plus, the movie is just excellently paced and is always one of the best watches, no matter how many times we have seen it. And we may have a Commando 2 sequel on the horizon. You never know.

The story of Commando is about John Matrix and his daughter Jenny, living a peaceful life in the California mountains after a long stent as a military man. Matrix is retired but just when he thought he was out, they pull him back in. When Bennet (Vernon Wells), an old comrade who was known for flying off the handle, teams up with General Arius who wants Matrix to overthrow the Val Verde government. And to get him to do this they capture his daughter and hold her hostage. Well, the ticking time bomb is off, and John Matrix will stop at nothing to save his daughters life. No matter how much carnage he causes in his wake. Teaming up with Cindy (Rae Dawn Chong) and taking on other great villains like Cooke (Bill Duke) and Sully (David Patrick Kelly). Commando is like the Rambo story if everything went good after Vietnam for him. Though Matrix still has his own Trautman like General, Kirby (James Olson) trying his best to re-enlist him.

Directed by Mark L. Lester and written by comic book legend Jeph Loeb along with Matthew Weisman and Steven E. de Souza who is on like every major action film of the 80s and 90s. A bad ass soundtrack by James Horner, edited by Mark Goldblatt, and produced by none other than Joel Silver. A recipe for the best of the best action credits have to offer.

We also watched the director's cut version which only adds a little more than a minute's worth of bonus scenes in but is well worth it just for a fraction more violence and a couple extended chats between Matrix and Cindy.

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