Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Vernon Wells

A retired elite commando has only a few hours to find and rescue his daughter from an exiled dictator.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Mark L. Lester

Release Date: October 4, 1985

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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2001

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  • September 23, 2009
    Classic cheesy action film. It?s hard not to like it!
  • May 9, 2009
    LOVE all of Arnold's old action movies. Wish they still made thme like this today.
  • May 7, 2009
    The second best flick of Arnie's kick ass 80's testosterone, over the top action, muscle filled gun fests, which is better than all the rest has to offer these days. Pure violence at its best, this is what most flicks and computer games have been based on for yrs, Arnie is the ki...( read more)ng of action flicks.
  • April 10, 2009
    Early Schwarzenegger action flick sets the tone for the rest of them. The 11 year-old daughter of a special forces colonel is kidnapped and he embarks on a lone mission for her rescue.
  • August 8, 2008
    you need to let off some steam benett...

    this movie has a lot of ridiculousness in it
  • November 7, 2009
    4 of 5 stars for the Arnold action movie Commando. This movie is firmly set in the mid-1980's. Arnold is young and Alyssa Milano is a child. The story is simple and the action great. Ex-military Arnold learns that the members of his old troop are being killed. Eventually, they ki...( read more)dnap his daughter (Milano) trying to force Arnold into doing a task. Well, Arnold goes Commando to hunt down where they are holding her and to get her back. Armed with knives, guns, granades and a rocket launcher, he goes into their lair. An easy/basic plot, not much acting/characters to get in the way of the action. Just good old hand-to-hand Arnold. Oh, forgot, he had a few claymores along for the ride. A fun action movie.
  • November 5, 2009
    Cheesiest one-liners I've ever heard.
  • November 4, 2009
    John Matrix est un ancien chef de commando d'élite paré à toutes les formes de combat. Une pure machine de guerre qui goûte, aujourd'hui, aux plaisirs de la paternité et de la retraite. Mais lorsqu'un vieil ennemi refait surface et enlève la fille de Matrix afin de le forcer à re...( read more)nverser un dictacteur, l'ancien guerrier reprend du service et ça va faire mal !
  • November 3, 2009
    Let off some steam, Bennett!!!!! Another one liner from Arnold. And don't we all miss Rae Dawn Chong.....
  • October 29, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|

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  • SkywalkerJones
    July 15, 2008
    Let´s party.What a badass movie.Arnold is an icon.
  • barkley43
    July 3, 2006
    yeah man, if you wanna watch the best ACTION (no cross genres just action) film this is it search no longer if you dont laugh at this and scream and have a great time then your and alien from another planet who has no knowledge of the human race. And David Patrick Kelly is the best weasel in film history just in any film.
  • LandoMcFly
    May 22, 2006
    "Let off some steam, Bennett."

    Need I say more?
  • AaronBomb
    May 16, 2006
    best movie ever.

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