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Commando

1985

Mark L. Lester

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, James Olson ...

5.2

14,988

Action. Thriller A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter to blackmail him into starting a revolution and getting an exiled dictator back into power.

	Author	Review
United States	Variety	"The fetching surprise is the glancing humor between [Chong and Schwarzenegger] (...) Chong lights up the film like a firefly, Schwarzenegger delivers a certain light touch of his own"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Comic book stuff, helped out by the presence of Chong as an airline stewardess whose sarcastic commentary adds some comic counterpoint to the deliberately overscaled action."	NEU
United States	D. J. R. Bruckner The New York Times	"Two-thirds of this 90-minute film is mayhem unrelieved by humor and untouched by humanity (...) Schwarzenegger's fans will find something to appreciate here"	NEU
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Mark L Lester is a no-frills director and his set pieces pack an explosive punch (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"'Commando' has become iconic action flick in its own right."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"The film has a better-than-usual script for this sort of thing (...) Schwarzenegger isn't especially good as an actor, but his presence is impressive, and he is beginning to show some style (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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