Commando: The Movie That Definitively Made Schwarzenegger A Hero?

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  • @40g33k
    @40g33k 11 месяцев назад +87

    Rambo, Comando, Cobra, Rocky, Terminator, Bloodsport. 80s action classics

    • @jamesmorant1406
      @jamesmorant1406 11 месяцев назад +7

      80s had some of the best action movies

    • @stuartbagley2586
      @stuartbagley2586 11 месяцев назад +4

      Throw Cyborg and Conan in as well. I was in high school then and just hitting the times when I would not get carded (yes my local theaters would card you if you looked under 17). Good times!

    • @trikkerman1
      @trikkerman1 11 месяцев назад +1

      Cobra and Bloodsport were two schitty movies made by Cannon Flims.

    • @YourBoyWang
      @YourBoyWang 11 месяцев назад +6

      Cobra is underrated and that truck is so bad ass.

    • @trikkerman1
      @trikkerman1 11 месяцев назад

      @@YourBoyWang Cobra and Over the top were the two schitty movies Sly made with Cannon Flims. 94% of Cannon films sucked ass.

  • @mvegetaxachilles7211
    @mvegetaxachilles7211 11 месяцев назад +47

    Commando and Roadhouse define 80’s action for me. Two of the best movies ever made and always my go-to titles.

    • @skipper4126
      @skipper4126 10 месяцев назад +6

      cant disagree with that but Big Trouble in Little China is insanely underrated, a true 80s gem

  • @MrBaldypete1
    @MrBaldypete1 10 месяцев назад +4

    Screw the reviews, Commando is a damn classic. I've seen it God knows how many times over the years and you know what? I'll watch it again and again. Sometimes you just need blood, guts, guns, explosions and one-liners to make a day better.

  • @Oct8pus
    @Oct8pus 11 месяцев назад +30

    The score with the (inexplicable) steel drum sequence is amazing

    • @trenchy1990
      @trenchy1990 11 месяцев назад +5

      Same composer as 48 Hrs which you'll notice is the same score.

    • @germancaro8999
      @germancaro8999 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@trenchy1990the late James Horner,he also made the scores of Titanic,Braveheart,Enemy at the Gates,Troy.

    • @40g33k
      @40g33k 10 месяцев назад

      @@trenchy1990 always loved the score from 48 hrs

  • @fernandoespinosa8055
    @fernandoespinosa8055 10 месяцев назад +2

    I was a teenager when I saw the movie, and till this day whenever its on, its a remote-drop for me, and Its a movie that now my brothers and I share with our kids, Its great!

  • @MoviesNeverSayDie
    @MoviesNeverSayDie 11 месяцев назад +19

    Love this movie! Really the first Arnold flick where he was able to be a regular guy (sort of) and not a barbarian or a machine. Many quotable lines, massive over-the-top action, a cartoonishly evil villain, and endless explosions - everything that sums up the 80s action genre all inside one movie!

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 10 месяцев назад +1

      Good observation about Arnold's first "regular guy" role. Also, one of the very few movies (if not the only one of the 1980s) in which he plays an actual father.

  • @filippos13
    @filippos13 11 месяцев назад +24

    The epitomy of over the top, 80's actions films. A jacked star, guns that never run out of ammo, enemies that can't aim and cheesy one liners.

    • @glyph241
      @glyph241 11 месяцев назад

      “Let out some steam,
      Bennett”
      🌬️💨🌊

    • @filippos13
      @filippos13 11 месяцев назад

      @@glyph241 Fuck you asshole! *click* Fuck YOU asshole! Best line ever! But when the film starts with “I thought you missed me “ “don’t worry we won’t “ you know you are in for a treat

  • @repairshop22
    @repairshop22 11 месяцев назад +8

    My dad brought this home on tape when I was 2 in 88. Let me watch it and I was an arnold fan ever since

  • @owenjones3197
    @owenjones3197 11 месяцев назад +6

    Commando was my childhood! The violence! The one-liners! Personally, you can't get better when it comes to 80's action movies! I kinda miss these kinds of action movies. Wish someone would make a big budget homage to 80's action!

    • @kendallrivers1119
      @kendallrivers1119 10 месяцев назад +1

      I feel like White House Down was as close to a good 80s action movie as it gets.

  • @skyden24195
    @skyden24195 10 месяцев назад +1

    The first time I saw this movie was with my family at home as we watched a rented VHS copy. During the end fight scene between John Matrix and Bennett I had become so enthralled in the action that I was unconsciously leaning in concert with Arnie as he struggled against his opponent; my leaning, as I was afterwards told by my dad, kept getting in the way of my sister's view of the movie.
    BTW, for those who don't know, Alyssa Milano's acting career began with "Commando" and the successful 80s (to early 90s) television sitcom, "Who's the Boss?", (starring Tony Danza and Judith Light.) ("Who's the Boss?" premiered in Fall of 1984, "Commando" opening in Fall of 1985.)

  • @BlackMethos
    @BlackMethos 11 месяцев назад +6

    I love Commando because it is the way it is.
    Cheesy and over the top.
    Sometimes, one just needs that kind of thing.

  • @cubanref9670
    @cubanref9670 11 месяцев назад +9

    Commando is epic. Watched it on VHS so many times as a child. 80s and 90s films hold up better than modern films.

  • @seanbrazell7095
    @seanbrazell7095 11 месяцев назад +7

    It's the secret chamber mega gun store scene and the forever holstering, loading, tying, scene I love moat.

  • @fluffdegoss
    @fluffdegoss 11 месяцев назад +2

    I will always defend 80's action movies. I may be biased considering I grew up with these, but if the last 40 years have taught me anything is that the 80's were some of the best times for movies and music. This is a testament to that. This movie is glorious even today. They don't make them like this anymore and it's kinda sad. Great video.

    • @tgriffin3059
      @tgriffin3059 10 месяцев назад +2

      The great thing about the 80's is that they just did what they did. Today, nobody does ANYTHING without worrying that some critic or Internet geek will mock them. Back then, the LAST thing anybody cared about was what some pussy thought...

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 11 месяцев назад +20

    I like that the Mall in Commando was also used in Jingle All The Way.

    • @tmilker
      @tmilker 11 месяцев назад +6

      Jingle All The Way was filmed in the Mall of America in Minnesota, not the Galleria in California.

    • @ArtVandelayOfficial
      @ArtVandelayOfficial 11 месяцев назад +1

      The Galleria was used in many films
      It was beautiful before they renovated it

    • @Djp2987
      @Djp2987 11 месяцев назад

      wrong!

  • @ArtVandelayOfficial
    @ArtVandelayOfficial 11 месяцев назад +4

    I had the poster on my childhood bedroom wall
    Totally obsessed!

  • @Mr_Oggie
    @Mr_Oggie 11 месяцев назад +5

    Was one of my favorites back in the day - didn't see it in the theatre, it was a time when you could go to the video store every friday night and always find 2-3 new movies in the "ACTION" section

  • @michaelb6729
    @michaelb6729 11 месяцев назад +3

    Fun fact, Commando and Die Hard are in the same universe.
    John Matrix raided the compound at Val Verde.
    Col. Esperanza in Die Hard 2 was flying a military plane from Val Verde . . .🧐

  • @stuartbagley2586
    @stuartbagley2586 11 месяцев назад +2

    I saw this in theaters and loved it! Cut the picture out of the newspaper and hung it on my wall along with Terminator.

    • @germancaro8999
      @germancaro8999 10 месяцев назад

      Me too,i did the same,decades ago.

  • @PaulDanyluk-eh6tj
    @PaulDanyluk-eh6tj 11 месяцев назад +2

    Commando is a stone wall classic. As an 80's kid I was lucky to be allowed to watch this on VHS (along with Robocop, Terminator etc). To be honest, those of that really appreciate it the most are us 80's kids. Commando was basically an adult movie made specifically for kids. It was like the A-Team on steroids. I watched it with my a few month back with my then 17 year son and he just thought it was a cheesy as hell goofball action romp who found it mildly enjoyable.

  • @tracyleesmith5340
    @tracyleesmith5340 11 месяцев назад +1

    80S was the best time for action movies,i was a kid in the 80s me and my granny loved these movies we would fight over who was best Arnie or Sly ...Arnie was my childhood hero ,still have my vhs copy of this i got for my 11 birthday, good old days of movies

  • @LostRanger87
    @LostRanger87 11 месяцев назад +1

    One of the best actioners ever. Aunt rented this in 01 and finally saw it uncut. The gore was awesome and hilarious!

  • @27retrodaze
    @27retrodaze 10 месяцев назад +1

    Me and my friends used to role play word for word, scene for scene of Commando as little kids in the 80's... I literally know every single mistake in the film... Like when he gets hit by the Porche leaving the mall, his wallet flys out, yet he pulls it out a short time later to show Chong a picture of his daughter..

  • @jamesmorant1406
    @jamesmorant1406 11 месяцев назад +4

    On my top 5 list of Arnold Schwarzenegger best movies, it's just a lot of fun, doesn't take itself seriously

  • @RockyScorcese
    @RockyScorcese 11 месяцев назад +2

    The mansion in the final shootout is the same mansion in the final shootout in Beverly Hills Cop.

  • @Merylstreep1949
    @Merylstreep1949 11 месяцев назад +2

    Hope you covet Raw Deal as it too is criminally underrated

  • @CRITTERBUSTERS
    @CRITTERBUSTERS 11 месяцев назад

    Commando is an all time Action classic, it has some rough edges sure. But it’s Arnold that makes this movie, along with the supporting cast of memorable characters and memorable dialogue. The action is the icing on the cake, it’s as satisfying as you can get.
    We would’ve gotten COMMANDO 2 but Arnold didn’t want to do it, so the script was reworked and became Die Hard.

  • @Jabberstax
    @Jabberstax 11 месяцев назад

    I was one of those kids that was allowed to watch anything when I was younger. I remember seeing this movie for the first when I was around 8 or 9. I already knew Arnie from the Terminator, Twins and Conan, but Commando holds a special place in my heart.

  • @Imylover
    @Imylover 11 месяцев назад

    Commando was the very first Arnold film I ever saw back in the day & I am very happy after having seen almost all he has ever done that Commando was first. It was the perfect introduction to this man & icon.

  • @hardwire666too
    @hardwire666too 11 месяцев назад +1

    The irony is a lot of what made this movie so great is now a large part of the genre formula today. This just proves that film critics know as little now as they did then.

  • @judsongaiden9878
    @judsongaiden9878 10 месяцев назад

    Super Joe is also the player character in the original arcade game Bionic Commando. Bionic Commando on the NES was technically a sequel. Super Joe was the guy you (Captain Spencer) had to rescue.
    5:52 That Valmet M78/83 (the Finnish RPK) also showed up in Predator.
    8:39 (circular saw blades)

  • @kylereece1979
    @kylereece1979 11 месяцев назад +1

    I remember ITV showing an 'Arnie Season". Each Saturday night in September '92. Commando, Predator. Conan the Barbarian. Red Heat.
    I'd seen it on video, when a friend with access to Sky Movies taped it off the Telly. I couldnt wait to have my own copy of it, along with Predator, Red Heat and Conan!!!!
    Of the Awesome Foursome shown on ITV, Commando suffered the most with the editing. The knife fight between Matrix and Bennet was gone as you said, and several seconds of its more intense action/death scenes were cut. I didnt mind too much, but was annoyed at the time aswell.😂
    That said, I cannot convey my excitement at the time of taping those films. I remember each of those Saturdays, eagerly looking forward to the film starting, hitting "Play/Record" on the aul' VHS player. Writing the film titles on the label stickers in artistic font, and proudly labeling the video cassette with "Commando and Red Heat". 4 hour video tape= two films on one tape!!!!

  • @zombiejlt1
    @zombiejlt1 11 месяцев назад

    We need our action movies to return especially with everything going on in the world. There are reasons men AND women flocked to see these in theaters and rent/owned at home. Once I was even called toxic masculine because of my love for my action films from someone who was supposed to be a friend but deep down was a simp and soy-boy for my then girlfriend. I'm not letting modern day society take away my love for 80s action just like I won't let that happen to my 80's horror. Most of these movies inspired us to be the men who we are, my grandfather raised me on Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, and John Wayne alone and I'm thankful. Let's get back to or bring back the 80s Action!

  • @Bluboy30
    @Bluboy30 11 месяцев назад +2

    I saw this film with my buddies back in the early 90s, we're around 11 or 12 years old and loved it! We laughed at every F bombs and of course the mayhem. It's funny that James Horner basically recycled his theme music from 48 Hrs. and used it for this film.

  • @franksavage8031
    @franksavage8031 11 месяцев назад +1

    The 80's were the best time for movies.

  • @samuelbaraka4705
    @samuelbaraka4705 11 месяцев назад +1

    😂😅i remember the only way they could get me to eat and finish up my food when i was a kid was by telling me its the only way i would get all strong and muscled up like commando and it always worked because i bought in to the idea fully, man its still one of my goat action movies especially the weapon looting scene

  • @rutherfordappraisal258
    @rutherfordappraisal258 11 месяцев назад

    Commando is exactly what it needs to be and, I suspect, everything it was intended to be. And I love every ridiculous second of it.

  • @jimmyhass4900
    @jimmyhass4900 11 месяцев назад

    This is a must have for any Arnie collector. This movie rules!

  • @simonkevnorris
    @simonkevnorris 11 месяцев назад +1

    I have this movie on Blu-Ray and,have watched it a number of times over the years.

  • @V3ntilator
    @V3ntilator 11 месяцев назад

    Joel Silver produced Commando, and also produced 48 hrs., Predator, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Demolition Man, Matrix etc.
    In the other words the master of action movies were involved in Commando.

  • @darrenclements6028
    @darrenclements6028 11 месяцев назад +2

    Arnold Schwarzenegger is John Matrix who eats green berets for Breakfast
    Taking on enemy forces of arius and Bennett is like cutting warm butter

  • @DNOstalgia
    @DNOstalgia 11 месяцев назад

    An absolute bone fide classic. Whenever I am watching it, which is quite often, I am convinced it is the greatest movie ever made! 😊❤

  • @andykaufmoon
    @andykaufmoon 11 месяцев назад +2

    The UK cinema and original VHS release were cut (pipe being thrown into Bennett, the tool shed scene had a lot of quick cuts including the saw blade to the soldiers scalp omitted) which would have made it similar to the TV version you saw originally.
    It wasn’t until the BBFC got a bit more relaxed with their ratings that the uncut version was released in the UK.

  • @crumpler50
    @crumpler50 11 месяцев назад

    One of my favorite Arnold movies. I love when he wrecks the car onto its side, when he flips it back upright and drives it off, the side is magically repaired 😆

  • @DaedalusRaistlin
    @DaedalusRaistlin 11 месяцев назад +2

    Man I couldn't agree with you more. Fantastic movie, Arnie at top form, and the classic indestructible protagonist. He's basically still playing the Terminator. It's just plain fun. I feel similar about Last Action Hero, but I think I'm in the minority.

  • @robvegas9354
    @robvegas9354 11 месяцев назад

    Absolute classic. We must have watched Commando about a hundred times. The music is fantastic. Bennett is one of the all time greatest movie bad guys.

  • @maceothompson2353
    @maceothompson2353 11 месяцев назад

    Definitely the top of the pile when it comes to my favorite 80s action!!!!

  • @Axolotl_Mischief
    @Axolotl_Mischief 11 месяцев назад +3

    Oooh La-La!!!

  • @seangerant653
    @seangerant653 11 месяцев назад +2

    ice cream in the face !!!!...........is the best scene in the enterer movie !!!!!!!!!!

  • @ondrejsedlak4935
    @ondrejsedlak4935 11 месяцев назад

    One filming location you didn't mention (as there's almost no info about it) was the log cabin at the start of the film which is a private house on Mt Baldy in California.
    I know this because I used to work with a bloke that lived in the house when Commando was filmed there.
    He said the whole experience was amazing for his family and meeting Arnold was very memorable. He was a real standup bloke apparently.

  • @mattcox3373
    @mattcox3373 11 месяцев назад

    Always been one of my favorite action movies. I’ve got it on DVD so I might pull it out and watch it.

  • @noelhernandez363
    @noelhernandez363 5 месяцев назад

    I love commando, seen it so many times I lost count!! Have it on DVD and I will watch it some more!! 😂

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 11 месяцев назад

    Man, I remember seeing this in the theater. It actually made a bigger impression on me than Conan and Terminator.
    I’m thinking maybe it was because he was a regular person with dialogue for a change.

  • @Aragorn7884
    @Aragorn7884 11 месяцев назад +1

    I remember renting this on VHS...😅

  • @rickyspanish4792
    @rickyspanish4792 11 месяцев назад +2

    Aw yes, the first real action movie I saw as a kid. Me and my friend watched it 3 times in succession because it was so cool. Still my favorite! It's so hard, but also so silly :D

  • @Zed-fq3lj
    @Zed-fq3lj 11 месяцев назад

    Priceless Arnie's gem!

  • @thealcohologist8624
    @thealcohologist8624 11 месяцев назад +1

    God bless the 80s

  • @WhatsWrongWithTheStreet
    @WhatsWrongWithTheStreet 10 месяцев назад

    This has been a long time favorite. My teen years were in the 80s and we had great movies like this. Disney will be doing a remake with Halle Bailey as Matrix. Though nowhere near as good, I put Commando just beneath Conan and Predator. You can't beat a one man army. Running Man was good, too. Red Heat is good. Raw Deal. The 80s were a great time to be alive.

  • @germancaro8999
    @germancaro8999 10 месяцев назад

    Many One Man Army films were made in the 80',most of them Vietnam Vets,like Rambo the role model.
    But unlike Rambo movies,when we saw a complex suffering character;in Commando,Arnold is a sarcastic and efficient killing machine in an arcade game,like Duke Nuken or Doom.
    It's a unique great film,full of great quotes.

  • @graemewilson7975
    @graemewilson7975 11 месяцев назад +1

    Commando is such a bonkers and great audience movie. When bill duke gets his. The male members of the audience weren't looking at him but the extra in next room who was very arthritic.
    It kinda took Rambo first blood part 2 on at its own game and beat it by being knowingly silly and with Vernon wells bad guy amping the camp up it a 80s classic. It has nothing profound to say apart from enjoy the next two hours

  • @kj6446
    @kj6446 11 месяцев назад

    Commando is so awesome...especially during the end siege....solders who couldn't hit the side of a building, and very visible ramps launching people in the air and wood stand ins in front of exploding buildings.

  • @DarkSideofSynth
    @DarkSideofSynth 10 месяцев назад

    Cheese is good, really good ;) And the game was superb. Damn, the amount of coins I put into that machine back in the day is insane ;) Along with 1942, one of my favourites. The film is pure 80s action madness.

  • @Tecnicos-qj8pb
    @Tecnicos-qj8pb 11 месяцев назад

    Love this film, great video!

  • @Merylstreep1949
    @Merylstreep1949 11 месяцев назад

    Noticed the other day that Commando and Predator could perfectly fit as one long movie.....

  • @ministerofdarkness
    @ministerofdarkness 11 месяцев назад

    In the 80s, if a movie had blood&bullets me and my Dad were there! Good times, miss ya Pops.

  • @onenation8707
    @onenation8707 11 месяцев назад

    I love all of Arnold's movies, accept the terminators after 2.
    In no particular order as it's too hard, but these are my favourite 10 movies out of his 40 + movies he's done
    1) Twins
    2) Kindergarten Cop
    3) Total Recall
    4) Predator
    5) True Lies
    6) Terminator 2
    7) Eraser
    8) Conan
    9) End of days
    10) Commando

  • @thejoojooman6538
    @thejoojooman6538 11 месяцев назад

    Hands down my favourite Arnie movie.

  • @garside26779
    @garside26779 11 месяцев назад

    It's that good, it's my favourite ever movie. It's got everything. Humour, action and gore!!!!!

  • @tkskagen
    @tkskagen 11 месяцев назад +1

    The best scen for me was when the Bad Guys Soldiers where where "storming the castle", but one griped about a rose thorn that cut his arm!

  • @jasperzanjani
    @jasperzanjani 11 месяцев назад +1

    what a time to be alive!

  • @jonmarsh4763
    @jonmarsh4763 11 месяцев назад

    If you liked Commando, you might like Arnie's totally underrated "Raw Deal". Same general action genre, but a slightly tad more serious FBI agent undercover in the Chicago mob.

  • @michaeldalessandro3020
    @michaeldalessandro3020 4 месяца назад

    Awesome video respect

  • @dawnofapril3055
    @dawnofapril3055 11 месяцев назад

    One of Arnie's best!

  • @jamesabernethy7896
    @jamesabernethy7896 11 месяцев назад

    This is one of the greatest Arnie movies, some of the action was rambunctious but it was (singing) acceptable in the 80's. I forgot about the late Bill Paxton, RIP Paxton and Weathers.

  • @Nagore6305
    @Nagore6305 10 месяцев назад

    Muscles and mayhem movies are timeless. I was hoping the Rock would be the next generation of one after his staring role in the Scorpion King, but he never really went through that. The closest one we have right now is Jason Statham.

  • @BrandRedacted
    @BrandRedacted 11 месяцев назад

    My favorite Arnold movie

  • @monsterman7721
    @monsterman7721 11 месяцев назад

    Arnold with a m60 taking out a whole army just awesome.

  • @dinomonzon7493
    @dinomonzon7493 10 месяцев назад

    I liked Commando. It was quite good. At the time it would've been interesting had John Matrix crossed paths with John Rambo.
    Hope to see a review of Chuck Norris' and Lee Marvin's The Delta Force next.

  • @josephaaron4985
    @josephaaron4985 10 месяцев назад

    The 80s. Some was amazing to watch with the family, some I was too young to be watching upon discovery. 80s cheesy action is some of the best

  • @classic.cameras
    @classic.cameras 11 месяцев назад +1

    Commando is such a stupid awesome action movie. Its so lame and awesome at the same time. Wow I love it.

  • @jerryschramm4399
    @jerryschramm4399 11 месяцев назад

    This is a live action cartoon movie. Totally ridiculous, but also very entertaining. It was only topped by "Predator", which is a true classic.

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz 11 месяцев назад +2

    I never grow tired of seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger beating up or killing people in this movie

  • @WELSHYTECH
    @WELSHYTECH 11 месяцев назад

    i love commando one of my all time favs

  • @gavinrhys
    @gavinrhys 11 месяцев назад

    One of my favourite films I love it

  • @tomlichnofsky.7048
    @tomlichnofsky.7048 11 месяцев назад

    The Awesomeness that is SLY and ARNIE Continues!! 👊😎✊😎👍😎👌🍁♈🍁

  • @MrRipmur
    @MrRipmur 11 месяцев назад

    I love rambo. Its definitely Arnold's movie i have watched the most.

  • @Defender78
    @Defender78 10 месяцев назад

    in the 2010s there was supposed to be a remake of Commando with the guy from Avatar, Sam Worthington...

  • @greyjedi6430
    @greyjedi6430 11 месяцев назад

    Loved this movie growing up as a kid

  • @simonwoodthrillerwriter
    @simonwoodthrillerwriter 11 месяцев назад

    I saw it as teen when it came out and loved it. I watched recently, and while it's still fun, it has aged. Arnie taking out the soldiers during the climax does look little A-Team B-roll.

  • @LukeLovesRose
    @LukeLovesRose 11 месяцев назад +1

    Im pretty sure Predator did more for Arnolds rep as a hero

  • @antfrancis9941
    @antfrancis9941 10 месяцев назад

    This was the film that really kicked off the Schwarzenegger quips. Here's a few of my favourites:
    Let off some steam Bennett.
    You know when i said i'll kill you last? I lied.
    Hey what happened to your friend?
    I let him go.
    Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired.

  • @FlorisYoung
    @FlorisYoung 10 месяцев назад

    It's dumb, over the top but EXTREMELY entertaining!

  • @carljakins9344
    @carljakins9344 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome film, absolute classic

  • @PanikGrafik
    @PanikGrafik 10 месяцев назад

    Remember when I told you I would watch this video last? I lied

  • @SupremeRuleroftheWorld
    @SupremeRuleroftheWorld 11 месяцев назад

    Watching 80s action movies for their plot is like watching porn for its plot.

  • @coreyc5982
    @coreyc5982 11 месяцев назад

    A really fun and informative video, but the way the narrator Adam Walton words it in the beginning, if one didn't know any better, it would be believed that VanDamme and Willis were competition for Schwarzenegger in 1985 along Sly, and that's simply not true.
    Bruce Willis and Jean-Claude Van Damme's signature films "Die Hard " and "Bloodsport" both came out in 1988 along with the Steven Seagal actioner " Above The Law."
    That's 3 years after "Commando" had debuted theatrically and been played on cable and VHS cassette tapes constantly.
    By the time Willis, Seagal, and VanDamme had thrown their hats in the action movie ring, "Commando" already had 3 years in which it positively etched itself onto the hearts and minds of moviegoers all over the world therefore establishing Arnold's reputation as an action movie icon.
    When "Commando" dropped in 1985, Schwarzenegger's only real competition was some dude named Sylvester Stallone.
    Eh..., I guess one could probably make a case for the Chuckster (Norris) as well.

    • @coreyc5982
      @coreyc5982 11 месяцев назад

      @matthewdaley746 Andrew Davis has made some really cool action films. The best, of course, being "The Fugitive."

  • @fatal-vice8145
    @fatal-vice8145 11 месяцев назад

    Unless I'm mistaken. This movie is the reason stores put those concrete pillars in front of store.

  • @EternianSaiyaJin
    @EternianSaiyaJin 11 месяцев назад

    I watch Commando whenever I need to let off some steam

  • @johnhuldt
    @johnhuldt 10 месяцев назад

    It’s great.

  • @StreetComp
    @StreetComp 11 месяцев назад

    Vernon Wells throwing that gun at Arnold 😂😂😂 I’m trying to be nice here so I’ll just say wow he really can’t throw