Commando (1985) - Comedic Movie Review

[@rockdesu]

Arnold spits the best 1 liners. “Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired.”

[@colehartel7206]

I couldn't believe he left out that line!

[@bmjake]

Quick aviation fact: A Boeing 727 (the plane Arny jumps from) usually leaves the ground at about 150 knots or 173 mph. And climbs at around 2,000 feet per minute. I looked up the jump scene and counted how many second it took him to jump. It was 9 seconds. So, not accounting for further acceleration or any abnormalities in the planes climb performance, Arnold would have fallen with a horizontal velocity of about 150 mph and from about 300 feet. Good thing that bush was there to save his life!

[@16rumpole]

That looks like a DC-10. The DC-10 had the entire engine on the stabilizer. The 727- has the third engine enclosed and the exhaust comes straight out of the tail.

[@bmjake]

@@16rumpole Yeah you're right. I just saw the 3 and didn't think anything of it. In my head I was thinking the 10 was like the 9, with the engines on the tail but it's actually the 727 that has the engines on the back end.

[@spittinvenom9671]

Bush saved my life

[@feck2594]

NERD.🤣 I thought my life was boring . Just messn with you , fun fact .

[@robertespinoza9104]

Because it's a movie not a documentary 😂

[@bigbob10118]

This is literally everything I want from a movie: an unstoppable god with ridiculous violence. Must be why I'm drawn to Seagal. Commando is definitely one of my favorite movies ever

[@RedEyeReviews]

Completely agreed!

[@MrX4-20]

Yes

[@illyay1337]

Arnold does take some hits in this movie so it's totally believable.

[@sargonixofur1234]

This is what plays in Seagals head in a double feature with Enter the Dragon, and he thinks this is where his CIA ops come from. He believes it is really him. Seagal believes that he is Bruce Lee-Matrix.

[@Terra_Lopez]

@La Verdad Ha ha ha! Good point, well said!

[@SapperNuity1]

Can't believe you left out one of the greatest one liners of all time.... ""I let him go"" I couldn't stop laughing as a kid hahahah

[@arbjful]

And gravity being important....

[@martinprehjan9944]

... ouh la la!!!

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

Or mention the wtf-ness of him shoutting 'oooh la-la' as he falls...

[@duncancurtis1758]

Arnies greatest one liner alongside Get to the Choppa and Consider that a divorce.

[@michaelmyers3709]

Commando is just action perfection, it will never be equalled. Check out the director’s cut for its extended, more bloody toolshed sequence! Can’t believe it never got a sequel but to be fair, it didn’t need one. Predator must follow...

[@RedEyeReviews]

Ooo I LOVE Predator. Like alot alot.

[@thedragonlee76]

The sequel was called DIE HARD.No joke,the producer,Joel Silver was trying to make a sequel to Commando and alot of times sequels to films are adapted from other scripts.

[@simonkevnorris]

For another great Arnold movie you can't go past True Lies. Funniest police chase ever.

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

I love Commando. It's so absurd it's great, and has some of Arnold's best one-liners too. The various technical gaffes (like the clearly visible wire holding Sully up during the cliff scene) add to the charm. 14:20 Apparently Arnold wanted to beat the guy with his own severed arm, but wasn't allowed to. Supposedly the role of Bennett was going to be played by Wings Hauser but he was replaced at the last minute by Vernon Wells. Looks like they gave Wells Hauser's chain mail instead of knitting a new one for him. Wells was a pretty intimidating bad guy in Mad Max 2, but in Commando he's totally camp.

[@luna-hw9li]

Yeah, awesome! The most 80s Arnold movie ever made. This is such a guilty pleasure for me. Oh, and Cindy is really useful operating that rocket launcher. Rumors have it that they also filmed a "romantic" scene, but Arnold and her had so little chemistry that they cut it out. Arnold has way more chemistry with that Freddie Mercury dude, after all.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh a romance scene would have been super weird I think.

[@dchegu]

I would add this is not only the most 80s Arnie movie, but the ultimate Arnie movie ever made bar none. A movie that is so singularly full of everything that we like bout Arnie. The mindless gratuitous violence, the never ending puns.

[@luna-hw9li]

@@dchegu I don't know. I also really like Predator and both Terminators. I think all three are better Arnie movies, but are much less dated in the 80s, because they somehow still hold up. Commando is much like the Running Man a movie that was so clearly made in the 80s with an Uber-Macho like action hero that felt dated already in the 90s.

[@mattrobson3603]

The idea of Arnold romance just seems weird. It was there in True Lies (which was still awesome) but it was just awkward in that. Arnold, in all of his movies, is just this incongruously-accented meat stack in charge of explosions, and never once does he come off as being a ladies man.

[@luna-hw9li]

@@mattrobson3603 I liked this thing in True Lies, but mostly because I could believe how Jamie Lee Curtis portrayed this lady as an equal non-nonsense partner. But I certainly agree that in most Arnold movies, this feels like a standard trope. The hero just has to get the girl, whatever the girl might be. The girl is really exchangeable. I think you're right. Arnold is this aggressive hunk of meat who kicks ass and doesn't do much elaborate talking. That's not a guy who would ask a girl out for dinner. So he always has to run into some random girl by accident. BTW: I would be very much in favor of more classic Arnold on the channel :-)

[@JonO387]

My sister and I watched this movie religiously back in the day(late 80's early 90's) Sometimes multiple times per day. We wore that tape out. To this day we can quote the entire movie at any give time. Commando is the GOAT of 80's action movies.

[@ua-deemon5813]

dude, I did the same with my brother in the early 90s. it was Commando all day long! just watched this stuff once again, it brought those memories back

[@kyleolson8977]

I saw this as a kid in 1986, it's one of my favorite movies. The film is clever with how little time it wastes compared to similar movies. The plot has been done before and since: super specialist has important person kidnapped and is forced to do a job for a bad guys, eventually they save their loved one probably. In a normal version, the hero wastes a whole bunch of time doing the job they don't want to do, or almost doing it, or sabotaging it, or whatever. In this movie, Matrix wastes almost no time. When the first bad guy tries to make an offer, he kills him immediately and rolls a truck down a hill. When he has no choice he goes to the airport but then kills his keeper and JUMPS OFF THE FREAKING PLANE! This gives the movie a ticking clock with the airplane and Arnold has an extremely clear and direct series of objectives 1) Find where his daughter is. 2) Get guns. 3) Get there. 4) Kill them all. All the while the film keeps a good sense of humor about it's absurdity. A great cast and the film has no shame about its one liners. It may not be the best Arnold film, but it's the most Arnold film.

[@kyleolson8977]

Oh, and one of the reasons Vernon Wells' outfit doesn't look right is that he replaced Wings Hauser, who was fired as soon as they started shooting the movie for whatever reason. They gave the larger Wells the outfit made for Hauser and it was too tight. It still presumably would have looked silly. It is not metal but just wool or cotton. But that may have made it look like chainmail. Maybe.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oooo that Is a great tidbit that I had no clue about. Thank you!!

[@RedEyeReviews]

I totally agree with you. I love that he always found another option. "You have two options. Work for us. Or we kill your kid" umm how about option three. I kill you all and rescue her.

[@coreaccount4376]

@@kyleolson8977 I loved that little fortunate accident. It is the perfect wardrobe for the villain. Matrix is Superman and Bennett is Bizzaro, an inverted and perverted version of Matrix, with his ill-fitting clothes bulging in all the wrong places.

[@coreaccount4376]

Good structure. This man must write professionally.

[@VonWenk]

My favorite lines from Commando are what Matrix says to Sully before he kills him and the general following in his wake saying "Matrix."I also like how the whole assassination plot doesn't really play into the movie once Matrix escapes from the plane.

[@kristopherbrown2145]

Fun fact Arnold's co-star rae dawn chong discovered Chris Pratt and he would go on to marry Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh whoa! That is awesome

[@dchegu]

Just to add a bit more. There was a bit of a huha when Chris Pratt tweeted that he is thankful that his new wife (Arnie daughter) gave him a healthy child. Some saying the tweet implied his disabled child with Anna Faris is Anna Faris fault.

[@napoleonwilson6499]

She definitely helps make this movie,her delivery is perfect on some immortal one liners...

[@mr.pavone9719]

An army buddy of mine loved this movie and Elvis Presley. He had the bedroom poster for Commando, with Arnie in full costume and geared up to the nines. He also had an Elvis Presley calendar with some great pix of the King. On Elvis's birthday he threw a party to celebrate. He had cut one of the Elvis faces out of the calendar and taped it to the Commando poster and it is...*chef's kiss* a perfect fit. The pose, the proportions, the light. A sight to behold. I still have it 30 years later.

[@docwho2828]

Nice Story!😁

[@pbxn-3rdx-85percent]

That time when coming out of the cinema you're excited for the next action flick you'll watch next week. It was so fun being a kid of the 80s.

[@coreaccount4376]

15:23 the funniest part is how he brushed off the electricution and continued hitting Matrix. Electrocution was a classic 80s death so it was unexpected.

[@loneronin6813]

Arnold is just such a delightful person on and off movie sets. I remember at one point some years ago I saw something on social media where he stood up for Paralympics champions and competitors against someone who made some very disparaging and dehumanizing comments towards them about, "Not being real athletes." Arnold didn't insult or name call this person, but instead echoed his disappointment in the commenter while bolstering the athleticism of those who do compete in the Paralympics. He really is a class act. I think that joke he made about the egg-thrower owing him bacon also illustrates how good-natured and in control of his own emotions he is. He doesn't need to beat the hell out of a guy to make his point, even though he could. I haven't seen very many of his films, but he has my infinite respect and admiration for his moral character and integrity on top of the movies of his I have seen, Conan the Barbarian being my favorite of his work.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh totally agree. He seems like one of those guys who just wants the world to be a better place and does what he can to make that happen.

[@basquat76]

He was in Copenhagen signing books a few years back. Nobody actually got to talk to him or shake his hand except for one person. There was a guy in line who was mentally challenged and extremely nervous at having to just walk up to Arnold. So when Arnie saw him he got up and waved him over, shoke his hand and told how much he appreciated him coming down to see him. It was super cool of him to do.

[@loneronin6813]

@@basquat76 Agreed! :D That's a really touching story and I'm glad and thankful that you shared it. I hope you're doing well and that you have an awesome upcoming holiday.

[@mattrobson3603]

It's interesting, funny and depressing to compare Schwarzenegger to another favorite of this channel, Steven Seagal. Arnie almost always comes across as a decent guy (I mean, apart from the whole impregnating the maid thing), while Seagal is forever going to be the dude who abandoned his wife in Japan and then groped 17 year old Katherine Heigl.

[@loneronin6813]

@@mattrobson3603 Not to mention Seagal was married to two women at once for a while. One of them even re-married him, although god knows why she would subject herself to him all over again. At that point I question her judgement and I cannot fathom what brought her back to him.

[@kuribayashi84]

To this day, I'm wondering what went through James Horners' head while writing the music for this movie and what his approach was. He either took absolutely none of this seriously or *every single molecule of breath he took* seriously! He either just decided to have a boadload of fun with this and just heaped all of these performances on top of each other or took it as an intellectual challenge to just write the most complex 80s Action Music possible (or he just got drunk and locked himself in the recoding studio, laughing manically). Listening to the Album again recently, I found myself considering all three options. But one thing is certain: _It sounds absolutely badass!..._ like Alan Silvestris' "Delta Force" in that special 80s-kind of way, of course. ;)

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh yeah! I always just assume that ALOT of cocaine was involved when making movies in the 80s

[@jonathanwalker8730]

I absolutely love the soundtrack to this film; it's the most bizarre cocktail of Miami Vice-style synth on steroids, steel drums and cocaine. Soaring orchestral music or searing rock guitar music, as we'd normally expect from action movies, would have really dampened down the film's vibe. For me, if rescuing by kidnapped daughter from a vengeful, psychopathic Freddie Mercury and his small army on a tropical island, it would have to be steel drums all the way. It was this soundtrack alone which inspired me to join the special forces. (For the record: I don't have a daughter. And I didn't join the special forces)

[@AardvarkDK]

@@ButcherMose AND the Gorky Park soundtrack - which at times sounds exactly like Commando. Check out this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH-TmHaGedOIq5o

[@markwalch6065]

@@RedEyeReviews damn. Beat me to it lmao.

[@coreaccount4376]

Still, nothing touches the Predator soundtrack.

[@markb5403]

Commando is a rarity: both comedy gold AND a solid action flick. Standout parts of Commando for me were: 1. In the final battle at the Island mansion, you see Matrix using like an M60 chain gun, and bad guys are actually falling down 'dead' when he isn't even aiming the gun at them. 2. When he uses claymore (antipersonel) mines to blow a barracks building up... and looking at the blatant shop dummies dressed as soldiers during the explosion bit. 3. The yellow Porsche that miraculously repairs itself after it has crashed. 4. Everything. This film is amazing!

[@certifiedhoodclassic7833]

Arnold is literally the polar opposite of Steven seagal

[@TequilaToothpick]

Arnold looks after Alyssa, Steven hits on Katherine Heigl when filming Under Siege 2

[@azmanntoz]

Bennetts vest is actually a WW2 British Airborne string vest. It’s designed to trap a layer of dry air between garments and is made from one piece of cotton string so you can unravel it and weave into rope. It’s an odd choice but I’m guessing the costume designer wanted something different for the character.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Ooo this is the best answer. I had no clue

[@warface4881]

I just looked that up and you sir are correct. I thought for sure it was some S&M paraphernalia. This changes EVERYTHING!

[@clash79]

Yeah, but the actor is the same guy wearing chaps with his ass hanging out, so…

[@damndirtyrandy7721]

@@clash79 and using that homemade rope to tie up other dudes…🤦🏻

[@Piotwor]

Mind=blown

[@munstrumridcully]

Fun fact : Freddie Mercury on steroids is also Wez from *Mad Max 2* _The Road Warrior_ . He's the crazy biker guy with the pink mohawk who had the golden-haired boyfriend guy that rode on the back of his motorcycle. Wez is the one who went crazy when his boyfriend got killed by the Feral Kid throwing his metal boomerang into the boyfriend's head. The Lord Humungus had to knock Wez out via bear-hug. Wez was the secondary main villain in the Road Warrior-- after the Lord Humungus. He also reprised his role as Wez in Weird Science. I believe he was in the party scene.🙂

[@Huntron-go1bw]

For the longest time I loved and wanted to have Bennets badass "Chain mail vest" he wears. Only to look closer later and realize it was Knitted together out of cotton wool.

[@chronicfatigue5416]

If I ever get dropped off of a cliff, I'm definitely shouting "ooh, lah lah!!" on the way the down, hoping my killer gets the reference.

[@WaterCrane]

I always thought he was trying to say "You what?!" but of course the end result is just legendary and hilarious!

[@vegeta8169]

Hahaha

[@foggianism]

You left out my favorite Arnie line in the movie. The scene is at the end, on the beach, when Arnie sees the army arrive. Officer: "Did you leave anything for us?" Arnie: "Just bodies."

[@Humongous420]

Fun fact Rae Dawn Chong is Tommy Chong's daughter! So this could be called "Schwarzenegger & Chong Go All Commando" in a parallel universe

[@bestthingsinceslicedrice]

Bennett the man who got electrocuted during a fight then said he feels good afterwards and got a power boost out of it. What a legend!

[@cookingonthecheapcheap6921]

The answer is yes Redeye. A trained person can tell the difference between the firing sound of AK variants and the M16 and its variants. I recommend Brandon Herrera's channel for all your AK entertainment. New to your channel but loving it. Not a suggesting for the channel but The Hand of Death is a classic for me. Jackie Chan looks like he's 18 and is still a support character at this point. If I had to sum up the movie? Every scene is either a fight scene or the lead up to the next fight scene lol.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much! Ooo The Hand of Death is amazing. It's been years since I've seen it though.

[@joshuafrohm921]

The end of this movie is the greatest action set piece ever its so excessive and over the top I love it.

[@coreaccount4376]

12:53 Cindy is a good partner and very useful. She just broke him out from police custody, she will also help him deduce where they are holding his daughter, fly him there, and call the cavalry.

[@Stoic_grimace]

One of my all time favourite 80s action flicks! I always wished they would have explained Matrix is a super soldier because some of the stuff he does is straight redonculous.

[@iamclarke4978]

The actor for "Bennit" said the clothes didn't properly fit because they were made for the original actor and he was brought in at the last min to take the role.

[@chimchimcharoo56]

13:11 - LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!, best joke in this video, you didnt even say like on a teenage girl's wall, you specified your wall

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha. Hey man. When he's got it..he's got it.

[@BenNicholls]

Mate you've got me crying over here. Thanks for the awesome review.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Glad to hear it! Thank you

[@IroquoisPlissken]

In the shed scene, Arnold was supposed to punch the guy he cuts his arm with his own arm plus a one liner (like "stop crying" or something). But they think it was maybe too much and removed it. What a shame !

[@Bolt_406]

I love that he took the time to camo paint his whole body before the final assault, just in case he has to go on fighting shirtless he will still blend into stuff...? Which turned out to be great planning on his part because he just so happens to have to take his vest off in the shed and finish the movie shirtless. Arnold thinks of everything

[@eduardopena5893]

The guy he lied to was also the guy who was the main baddie in "The Warriors" and sang the iconic, "Warriors......come out to plaaaay-aaaaaaaayyyy," song. He was also T-bird in "The Crow."

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh whoa! I had no idea. That's really cool actually.

[@16rumpole]

wait, that's right.

[@kennethwilkinson2095]

"I like you Sully,dats why I'm gonna kill you last"

[@gorillacookies3171]

I let ‘‘em go

[@michaelmyers3709]

Freeze-frame the long distance shot when Arnie jumps from the plane. He becomes an awful stick-figure silhouette worthy of an Atari 2600 video game 😮

[@RedEyeReviews]

Hahaha

[@leadvendor]

For real; Arnold helping young Alyssa on set with her algebra homework is spectacularly wholesome.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Right?! Too cute

[@rogerhack3750]

Too bad milano turned out to be a complete nutjob

[@davetheplugpalumbo1621]

One of the best movies ever made.

[@CaptainCanuck1975]

Just remembered there's an unofficial Russian remake of Commando called *D-Day* (Den D) that came out in 2008. Might be worth trying to track down.

[@thedtvdigest4142]

Vernon Wells who played Bennet was brought in at the last minute after the previous actor left/got fired (who knows), and they didn't have time to adjust the costume. Lets just say Vernon is a little bigger than the previous guy was... But this and Rambo are the epitome of 80's action.

[@johnrife7134]

Ribbing Vernon Wells about his mesh shirt is kinda hilarious. Due to this movie and his character in the road warrior he's become a gay icon. When asked he claims that his character in road warrior was not a gay leather daddy but a father figure to the lady man that ride on the back of his bike until his untimely demise due to a razor sharp boomerang.

[@Mrowiec]

Commando it's basically an over the top remake of Cold Sweat with Charles Bronson (based on Richard Matheson's book Ride the Nightmare). Well, tbh I guess it isn't really, but the similarities are there, quite big actually. Plus I believe - and I'm not joking - that Bennett was indeed homosexual and in love/hate with Matrix. Doesn't matter if Lester says otherwise. But de Souza wasn't too sure...

[@melvert33]

Arnie doing a huge elbow strike on the guy on the plane, chair and body flying back then a neck break and people less than a metre away didn't notice a thing, always cracks me up!

[@ashtton_tapiwa]

To be fair if you saw that happen to someone you'd try extra hard to mind your own business

[@willvanderheul4467]

Thats how action movies should be, no political correctness, no love story, just 90 minutes of arnie on rampage.. love it, awesome video as always 👍👍

[@RedEyeReviews]

Agreed! Just simple action! Thank you!

[@jonathanwalker8730]

No love story? Have you seen the twinkle in Bennett's eyes when he sees Matrix?

[@16rumpole]

@La Verdad that's too bad, Rae Dawn Chong was a dish back then.

[@parisgreen4600]

Thank you RedEye, this is such a Joel Silver movie! I think it's even more testosterone-drunk than "Invasion USA". Chain mail vest guy is Vernon Wells from "The Road Warrior" ( I wasn't sure until I heard his accent) - so at least this time it's not butt-less chaps... 9:47 When all the security guards throw themselves backwards in unison, it's like an Esther Williams water ballet!

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh I agree. It out does Invasion USA in my book. Hahah this vest and assless chaps would be a great look. I love the ol dog pile fight move. It's in alot of movies and makes no sense, but I would put it in every movie

[@captainaustria3379]

I love that at 11:58 Cindy holds the rocket launcher the wrong way around but when she shoots it's in the correct position xD

[@AlyrArkhon]

in the movie she shoots to the wrong way first, but then changes the side. Luckily its a 4 barrel rocket launcher.

[@captainaustria3379]

@@AlyrArkhon that makes more sense then xD It's been forever since I watched that movie, so I forgot about that ^^

[@mallninja9805]

God I miss the 80s

[@ImJustSaijan]

Amen

[@CalamityCain]

I love your channel! This movie means a lot to me

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much! Hahah 1-3 is a fool proof computer pin. Noone will solve it apparently.

[@rhysthomas5811]

It is 133

[@derpanzermacher9094]

"Remember when I said I'd review you for last? I Lied"

[@RedEyeReviews]

Amazing

[@judsongaiden9878]

6:39 Don't forget the one-liner! 9:21 The Galleria is also mentioned in Total Recall. It's practically part of the Arnie mythos. 10:42 Ooh! La LAAAA!! 11:35 How'd he know about the secret stash? Also, gun shops in California?! Ah, but this was the '80s. See also 'The Terminator'. 11:41 If they had to limit their choices for weight and space, rather than grabbing everything, they should definitely go for that Galil ARM. That alone will do most of the work they need done. It even has a wire cutter built into its bipod AND a bottle opener built into its forearm! 11:46 Theatrical rendition ("prop" simply means "property") of an M202 FLASH. Though technically a rocket launcher, it's specialized for use with incendiary munitions. In the movie, it's more of a pyrotechnic device. 11:55 It's actually impossible to confuse front and back on the M202 FLASH due to the way the grips and trigger are shaped. 11:58 Just noticed a continuity error. She's holding it backwards right there... 12:00 ...now she's holding it facing forward. Also, it should be recoilless. Note: Wait, no. I get it. I get it. That's just the way you cut the scenes together in editing. 12:01 It would have vaporized everyone inside and melted the van's moving parts together. In movies, they treat all demolition devices like they're HE-frag. Except HE-frag grenade which are more like fireworks (real ones are more like omnidirectional shotgun shells). 13:13 A straight guy would use that as a motivational poster. 13:21 His best weapon, in terms of overall tactical utility, is that Valmet M78/83 (also seen briefly in 'Predator' since that movie was supplied by the same theatrical arms company). One gripe, though. Only in movies do people wear hand grenades haphazardly like that, all hanging from D-rings and jiggling around and whatnot. In reality, hand grenades are worn in pouches on a vest rig. 13:58 Shoulder that LMG and use those sights, greenhorn! Respect the Valmet! Btw, that's the Finnish version of the Russian RPK. 14:17 Circular saw blade. Or cut-off saw blade. Basically a shuriken combined with a frisbee. It would inflict pain, but wouldn't kill effectively in real-world terms. 14:24 If you splice music and sound effects from Contra into that scene, it fits perfectly. I certainly wasn't the first to do that.

[@RedEyeReviews]

This is a great list of moments

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@RedEyeReviews Thankee. Btw, here's the Commando/Contra video I was referencing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYGlYpuNr7Gbprs Here's mine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ml7LaIuoaNOnh7s

[@inigomontoya4198]

This was awesome. Laughed way to much at the end with your Arnold impersonation.

[@RedEyeReviews]

So glad you enjoyed it friend

[@maxpower5205]

I'm not picking your latest movie to make a comment caus I know you will see it regardless, but I just wanted to tell you something you already knew. You're doing a superb job with your reviews and thx for the laughter, I'm really enjoying your videos man. If you got questions on guns, lemme know ill help as much as I can,..which should be a lot :P

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much. This is very kind of you to say. I always need experts haha. I am novice at many many things

[@Jokeman718]

Man goes on a kill streak from his house to the island, greatest movie ever

[@haiasieel6099]

Greatest comedy of the 80's. I always loose it when Arnold paddles to Mercenary Island in his undies. Because stealth is key.

[@A-1-Sawce]

Man I used to watch this movie so many times on VHS. If it's got Chong's daughter using a rocket launcher you know it's gives be a good time. I remember playing God of War 2018 for the first time and when Kratos lifts up a huge tree over his shoulder this movie instantly shot to my mind and I started babbling about the likeness to my girlfriend. Great freaking movie, more, please!

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha I legit thought the exact same thing when I played God of War!

[@tomscales74]

Just stumbled on to the channel and was hooked. Love the videos. The hit men didn't use the garbage truck in the opening scene is they wanted people to find the bodies so the helicopter guy leads them to Matrix. Otherwise the garbage truck would have been a great place for the body.

[@johnjpegdevenney]

The response from Arnold after the egg clip had me on the floor.

[@kailee87]

80s ultimate classic action perfection easy mode: check infinite health: check all weapons unlocked: checked enemy respawn: checked this's not Toys R Us this's Guns R Us Masterpiece

[@backforblood3421]

"Is SHE the Predator?!" No, but she did play something even bigger and more horrifying three years after Predator.

[@keithlunde9625]

"Let off some steam Bennet". Slow the film down and enjoy final scene card board cut outs explode.

[@vooveks]

Me and the GF have been on a ‘good-bad 80s action movie’ binge recently. This, Predator, T2. All the good Arnies. Daft classics.

[@judgeomega]

wtf are you talking about, bro. those are all top shelf movies. nothing 'bad' about them

[@Ezikel76]

It can also the guy Who drop kicked Arnold, or the Norwegian journalist Who humpede into him. Enimies all over. Great review

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh the drop kick guy! Yeah for real people just try and attack him lol.

[@brickshitter8015]

I need to take a minute and thank you for this channel: my girlfriend and I just discovered it and we are binging your reviews. Tenouttaten, really impressed with how quickly you hit your stride as a creator! This is so fun. Cheers, and subbed!

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much! So glad you found the channel

[@tiutiu859]

Ah, my favorite ah-nuld movie. Mostly non stop over the top action.

[@aranerem3767]

One of Schwarzenegger's best movies

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

That chainmail vest was not pipe proof.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Hahaha it's so true! What was it good for?!

[@nvkulk]

Fun fact Bennett is the red Mohawk guy in the homoerotic thriller mad max the road warrior

[@PobortzaPl]

There's a Russian remake of this, called "Day D". Really worth watching for a person who still gets a good entertainment from the original.

[@hatuletoh]

This movie is 100 tons of awesome in an 85 ton bag. I remember very clearly seeing it on VHS for the first time with my dad, one night when my mom was out of the house. I was probably...five, maybe six years old, and my dad asked, "do you want to watch a REALLY GREAT MOVIE? All right, we will--but you have to promise to never, ever tell your mother I let you watch it." Thus began my love of Arnold Schwarzenegger films. Even the worst Arnold action flick is better than most of the stuff released these days.

[@rammrod9974]

Love the channel! Okay, I may get a ton of negative feedback but what if you roasted the hell out of the Fast and Furious series? There's enough ridiculous action to roast at least for 2 and a half months lol.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you! So I LOVE the Fast and Furious series. but they are not above roasting. I need to absolutely do this

[@rammrod9974]

@@RedEyeReviews Anytime, I look forward to it lol

[@jonathanwalker8730]

Oh my days, best review I've seen so far. Ever since I saw this film at the cinema upon its release (I was 15) I've ALWAYS wanted to know what was on that sandwich. But really, what the hell was on that sandwich? For some reason, I've always imagined it was hummus. Is there any way we can find out? Personally I like a hummus and red bell pepper sandwich on wholemeal bread, but I can imagine it may not be to Colonel Matrix's palate (I dread to think what happened to that deer). I know that this film is silly, ridiculous and absurd, but I have a genuine soft spot for it. The weird music, the plastic log at the beginning, the beguiling, mysterious sandwich, the vest and moustache combo (obviously), Arnie rowing a boat, the garden shed massacre, and finally Bennett letting off steam. I'm loving but still exploring your channel... have you done Rambo: First Blood part II yet? In the same way that Rocky was a well-written and acted, gritty, credible film and then all of the other Rocky films became increasingly daft, so it was with First Blood. The first film, based on David Morrell's novel, was mesmerizingly engaging, with brilliant acting by everyone throughout, and the following films in the franchise were bizarrely silly. I'm sure I'm preaching to the converted, but I have to say, Rambo II has some hilarious scenes. And here's a peculiar thing: Commando and Rambo II were both released in 1985. Commando had Bennett, and Rambo II had Steven Berkoff as Lt Col Podovsky. I can't help wondering whether Sly and Arnie were having a bit of a competition with each other to see who could come up with the campest villain that year. Keep on keeping on!

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol, the sandwich is so silly. they clearly wrote it as a joke line, but when you think about it..it makes no sense. Why would she make a sandwich that neither one of them wants to eat? Was it moldy or expired something? Lets go with hummus, and maybe they both hate eating healthy?....i just dont know Thank you so much! I haven't done Rambo yet. I absolutely need to though! I loved the first moved, and I think I only watched the second one, 1 time...so I am assuming there is a reason for that lol. But yes we shall add it to the list :) Oh that is a great fact. I wonder which movie did better at the box office? I would assume Rambo II just riding the hype of the first one, but who knows

[@jonathanwalker8730]

@@RedEyeReviews Not telling you how to do your job, which you're brilliant at. But just to point you in the right direction re: Rambo II, that film has nuggets including Rambo (addressing his soon-to-be-dead girlfriend), "To survive a war, you gotta become war" (?) and his former CO Col Trautman telling the corrupt CIA operative overseeing Rambo's sketchy mission, "What you choose to call hell, he calls home", which is ball-achingly funny. I think I definitely need to introduce more nuts macho cliches into my everyday language. (Cobra: "You're a disease, and I'm the cure.") Incidentally, I think I've figured out the Commando sandwich situation. This is my theory. It's hummus. He's a middle-aged Austrian/American guy, who's probably never had hummus. Chenny is a young American girl; she's probably never had hummus; maybe it's a new trendy thing. So they are losing their hummus virginity together, and neither of them likes it. That is my explanation, although I'd love to know for certain. Funnily enough, I can envisage Bennett and Podovsky relaxing over hummus and crackers in their weird uniforms with a bottle of champagne.

[@RedEyeReviews]

@@jonathanwalker8730 I appreciate the notes! I am super excited to watch Rambo II. Let's go with hummus. That does make the most since. And oddly enough I am eating some as I type this haha

[@pesokpesok]

Arnold, especially in this and T2 was the closest to a father that i had growing up. Still love him to this day and have a complete Arnold collection incluuding those weird japanese ads he did. Arnold was, is and always will be a legend!!!

[@BAGGStheAugmented]

Well this guy said it.... Deers have ticks, therefore they are gross and we all should stop hunting them.

[@Disposable_H3r0]

I always wondered, wouldn't there have been like a meat plug that would have been launched out of the pipe that Bennett got impaled by?

[@RedEyeReviews]

Lol you are asking the REAL questions.

[@goemboeck]

Unbelievable that you skipped the "I let him go" one-liner.

[@RedEyeReviews]

I'm sorry I have failed you lol

[@goemboeck]

@@RedEyeReviews It's the highlight of not merely the movie, but also the highlight of the whole decade :D

[@Haulinbassracing]

U've gotta do your algebra homework- yeah i did my bad arnold accent when i yelled that too myself after hearing arnie helped with her homework

[@duncancurtis1758]

Thanks for the snippet from Arnie quotes pt1.

[@jammiiee]

The opening credits are hilarious, it's like a spaghetti western / sitcom or something lol

[@yemalad1.]

The final boss looking and dressing like Freddie Mercury always has me in bits 😆😆😆

[@aranerem3767]

"I lied". Schwarzenegger and his lines

[@thalljoben3551]

Bruhh, the Mythbusters part tho... 😆

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

The Running Man is my favorite Schwarzenegger movie. BTW: there's a Russian shot-for-shot remake of Commando called D-Day (2008).

[@RedEyeReviews]

I've heard of D Day lol. I need to watch that. But oh yeah Running Man is one of my favorites as well

[@aranerem3767]

Yes! Commando

[@WanArk86]

It's possible that the garbage compacter was supposed to be used to dump the body but productions see that it was too violent or it was just a coincidence and want to show that the hitmen were so efficient that they start from before the crack of dawn an already got a few hits set up before it got dark

[@RedEyeReviews]

You are probably correct. That does make alot of sense.

[@brianstanton2721]

Yeah those were some good picks for parts, I would argue that another part needs to be added to the list. The part in the beginning when he is telling matrix he needs to cooperate if he wants to see his daughter again right? Matrix is like wrong and just shoots em square in the face lol gold

[@ShellshockedRadio]

Hell Yeah! Just taking a break from my Steven Seagal binching and come here for some good Austrian Oak and to let off some steam! Hell Yeah!

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha good call

[@FNHot]

I love that the movie implies the pipe goes through the guy and into the boiler behind him so steam comes out. That would mean Arnold threw that pipe hard enough, to go through "chain mail", a mans rib cage, spine, organs, then chain mail again, and then the steel wall of a boiler AND ... there is somehow no meat-plug in the pipe.

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Benet was heartless.

[@jackwells8107]

My favorite line from this movie is one they didn't actually say. I just can't help hearing Sully clinking some soda bottles and saying 'Ma-ha-trix, come out and pla-hay."

[@RedEyeReviews]

Haha it would fit perfectly

[@hanchiman]

I can watch Arnie movies without getting bored, unlike anything made by Seagal post 1995. Every single scenes and videoclips in Commando can be watch individually as comedic or over the top and still be entertaining. My fave quote and scene was "Remember when I said I was going to kill you last? I LIED!!" While using a montone voice. I By the way, did you know that there was a Russian remake that was made in late 2000?

[@hanchiman]

Here is the Russian Remake, called "Den-D". Think this guy is basically a bit like Seagal that produce and star in his own movies that is "over powered" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoW8hXmXg8iVqs0

[@RedEyeReviews]

I agree with you! Arnold can be cheesy but it's always good and entertaining. It's never to the point where I feel like he phones it in. Arnold will always have a place in my heart.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Oh my God. I have to watch this version lol. Thank you for the link

[@hanchiman]

@@RedEyeReviews for me I am Sly Stallone side as I grew up with his movie maybe due to my dad prefee his movie as Rambo which was rather big in the 1980's. I remember they even had a Cantonese dubbed First Blood which I thought was strange when I was like 6 or 7 years old when he rented it on VHS from pirate

[@hanchiman]

@@RedEyeReviews haha you welcome. I only heard of this Russian remake due to IMFDB. This Russian guy is famous for "Bringing back macho culture in Russia"

[@jdgustofwinddance.7748]

GOOOOOOOOOD MOOOORNING, VIETNAM!

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Reason Bennett was kicked out of the team is, he shouted "I don´t need the girl!" in the showers.

[@chriswhite1677]

Let off some steam Bennett. That’s some hardcore shit. Lol. Love these vids Redeye.

[@chrisperrien7055]

The rocket launcher was actually the US replacement for the flamethrower. The M202 Flash, it had 4 incendiary rockets, that did not blow up like a bomb, they spread a flammable chemical. SO that truck would not have flipped like it did , but would have been covered in flame. And yea, there is a manual(everything has a manual in the military including Mop's, LOL), but there are shorter directions printed on the side too. I was assigned one of these a couple years while in the army back in the 1980's.

[@17absolut]

The arnold impression at the end is priceless XD

[@StarFury2]

Power of Arnold's throw made the pipe penetrate Bennett's body and wall behind him, rupturing the heating system conduit in the building. Thus the steam. It all makes perfect sense :)

[@betweenthedimensions8315]

Missed opportunity for some Mr Freeze in that Arnie supercut. 🥶

[@RedEyeReviews]

Ooooo truth

[@backforblood3421]

Also, there's a pattern within the Chong family, at least with regard to what I perceive when looking at them, concerning not looking like those from whom you are descended. Rae Dawn Chong looks nothing like Tommy Chong to me, and Tommy Chong doesn't look the least bit Chinese to me.

[@dimaGBHS]

RedEye, your videos are fantastic - I bingewatch them like you do Seagals movies, so we dont have to. Thanks for that. I do not understand how you can possibly only have16,8K subscribers. You must have just recently started and I am certain this will change with this quality content. Cheers mate.

[@RedEyeReviews]

Thank you so much! Its all perspective lol. I only had 1,000 subs at the start of November. So this is amazing for me :D

[@philjollysinger]

I watched this in high school(Wellacre boys, flixton) when I was 11/12 years old, our humanities teacher Mr hunt(he used to drive Morris minors) told us we would be watching a video(it was the 80’s) and took us to the video room and put on this 18 certificate Schwarzenegger movie, I’ve loved it ever since. I presume he had rented it but hadn’t had chance to watch it, so he brought it in to work to show the kids, the 80s what an era.

[@markula_4040]

Hang on. Alyssa Milano was like 12 when this was filmed. She was taking Algebra in the 6th grade? I doubt that

[@RedEyeReviews]

Hahah plot holes! Explain that Arnold!