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Overview

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Director:
Mark L. Lester
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:
Reminds me why Arnold's latest films suck more (363 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Comando (Portugal) [pt]
Comando Para Matar (Brazil) [pt]
Commando (France) [fr]
Commando (Finland) [fi]
Commando (Spain) [es]
Das Phantom Kommando (West Germany) [de]
Komando (Greece) [el]
Komando (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Komando (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Komandos (Serbia) [sr]
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Runtime:
90 min | 92 min (director's cut) | Sweden:75 min (video version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Germany:18 (re-release) (2001) (JK/SPIO) (uncut) | 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) | 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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Trivia:
Arius (Dan Hedaya) is said to be a deposed dictator from the country of Val Verde. Val Verde was a fictionalized South/Central American country used by Hollywood from the 1980s to early 1990s to depict a Spanish speaking country similar to Cuba or Nicaragua without getting encountering diplomatic problems. It is also referenced in the films Predator (1987), Die Hard 2 (1990), and the made for TV movie Supercarrier (1988) (TV). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Matrix drives the bulldozer into the surplus store, you can see the stunt driver twice. more
Quotes:
Cindy: These guys eat too much red meat. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Commando: Pure Action (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
WE FIGHT FOR LOVE more

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56 out of 70 people found the following comment useful.
Reminds me why Arnold's latest films suck, 9 March 2002
8/10
Author: Darkfalz

This is one of Arnold's best movies, next to Predator and Terminator 2. Seeing an invincible one man army kill over 100 baddies while intercepting it with zingy one liners, that's what it's all about! None of this crap about an "every man" who's family have been taken from him blah blah blah. But the mountain of muscle from Austria dealing out justice the only way he knows how - with extreme prejudice and loads of firepower!

On a side note, the character Sully is the other funniest part of this movie. He's just too cool, and the scene between him and Rae Dawn Chong in the car-park is unforgettable. I kept watching it over and over bursting into hysterics when Sully says "You f**ken whore".

Perhaps Arnold is just too old and not physically impressive enough to do these mindless mayhem movies anymore, but if he's giving them a miss just to give his acting "credibility" then what a waste - action movies are supposed to be mindless thrill-per-minute blow everything up fests, and in his day none did them better than Arnie!

There may not be many movies like this, but at least we'll always have these classics. Arnold will always be remembered for his "Remember Sully when I promised to kill you last? I LIED" lines, not for garbage like Collateral Damage.

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