Commando (1985) | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | We're Going Commando!

Let Off Some Steam, Bennett! Mrs. Movies checks out Arnold going Commando (1985). Here's her reaction to her first time watching!
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[@richieb7692]

The " I eat Green Berets for breakfast," line was a dig at Sylvester Stallone, as Rambo was a green beret.

[@mayorjimmy]

This is what the 80s were all about. Mowing down waves of nameless bad guys, cheesy one-liners, and a wicked steel drum soundtrack. Love it.

[@stoogefest16]

James Horners steel drum accompaniment for the film must be the most idiosyncratic score for an action film yet. It works all the same, but it’s so unusual, even in a period of time when the parameters of the action genre were still being established. Also, if you listen closely it’s clear that Horner was largely rehashing parts of his score from 48 HRS (1982). The only difference is that the steel drums in Commando are more strident and repetitious, but that’s part of the charm. At least it succeeds in its task, which is to evoke tension in the audience.

[@pistonburner6448]

Anyone complaining about 80's movies' violence can shut the hell up and remember what modern movies are like, eg. Logan and countless others with not only senseless violence but there isn't even any fun in the movie, just darkness and sickening levels of negativity and hopelessness. The hero also isn't really any individual, it's always some covert government/similar organisation...

[@GeorgeTropicana]

​@@stoogefest16CRINGE

[@READY_OR_NOT]

​@@GeorgeTropicanago to bed kiddo

[@BileDuctBalderdash]

Can you just imagine all the guys sitting around in the Border rooms thinking about what this movie needs for music and then one guy piped up and says oh, you know what this needs a lot of STEEL DRUMS 😂 Edit and you also knowing that board meeting they had a 5lb bag of cocaine on the table LOL

[@chriswilletts3621]

That Arnie impression was not the worst I've heard 😂 More please 👍👍

[@MrCarlorr]

Its damn good actually lol

[@lisainthecold4287]

Meet your new mommy! Lol

[@mcentepede]

Mr Kaiju Cowboy Movies has an awesome Arnold impression. And the puns from his wife had me in stitches. The banter between the two makes this channel one of the most fun to watch. My lady don't really watch that many movies with me.

[@kaylzshter6153]

Yeah for real, that was impressive!

[@chucklos391]

It’s absolutely fun to imitate Arnie

[@RoGueNavy]

David Patrick Kelly plays the creep to absolute perfection. His despairing shriek as he falls, is masterful.

[@yuvi8334]

The Arnold imitations are hilarious 😂

[@shanester1832]

I watched this movie way too many times as a kid. I'd say it's the most pure action movie, just enough plot to string together a bunch of badass action scenes.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

Same here. This and Predator was my favorite action movie to watch growing up. When I was younger my dad would take a trip to Germany every year around the same date for his grandmother's birthday. Oddly enough every year at that same time when my dad went to Germany either Predator would come on. Sometimes Commando or The Running Man would air too around that time.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

People make fun of these movies all the time but... It's entertaining and memorable. Modern movies in general are not fun and colorful enough.

[@shanester1832]

​@ryanjacobson2508 idk who's making fun of these movies. No friends of mine. Maybe having a laugh at one liners, but it's hard to make fun of something that doesn't take itself that seriously. I can't think of many current movies people will be watching decades from now.

[@shanester1832]

​@@JoeXTheXJuggalo1 All super solid picks from that golden Arnold era.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

@@ryanjacobson2508 must be the youths that are making fun of it. Yeah I know when I grew up into a adult I do see some of the odd over the top and some corniness of some of those old action movies but I don't make fun of it. Like I said it's probably the youths that don't know what real movies are. They just know over the top CGI computer crap special effects in movies and thinks everything below that is trash. It's like I had a cousin who got a HD plasmas flat screen TV when they was new. When he saw a movie on a old box tv he was complaining how "poor" the quality of the images was. I'm just sitting thinking to myself "I don't see the difference besides a price between the TVs". I still have a old box tv from the 90s and it still runs like a champ. Those new fancy flat screen tvs need to be replaced every few years because they keep breaking. First time I bought a flat screen tv I went name brand. Within a couple 2-3 years it already was screwing up.

[@concept3009]

The Mrs. was completely mesmerized by Bennett!

[@ssjwes]

I love that you finished that commando joke but called him an idiot!

[@MrsMovies]

I only finished it because I knew that’s what he was going to say.

[@rburton76]

My favorite line: “Remember, Sully, when I said I’d kill you last? I lied!”

[@donovanbradford8231]

Best line in the movie

[@John_Locke_108]

The couple in the hotel. Not only were they filming but if you look closely you'll see that the dude was on all fours with the lady behind him. 😂

[@TheTitandog70]

This is all the 80s Arnold movie distilled into one movie, action, comedy, one liners, shirtless shots , showing off his biceps. Moving down enemies to save family, it peaked Arnold, a great time watching this film

[@mcentepede]

The sale of Johnson and Johnson baby oil dramatically increased after the release of this movie

[@Nevyn515]

“I don’t think he brought enough stuff” Obviously a first time watch as you didn’t know he was about to show he has the infinite ammo cheat activated.

[@KevinMiller-iw6ez]

That was a great Arnold impression you did Sir I hope there's more where that came from

[@paulanerruhrpott6188]

This is one of the best Arnold impressions ive ever seen.

[@84brooksy]

My older cousin game me a poster of commando when I was like 12. It was the most badass thing on my wall. Friends loved it. Lol

[@lindokuhleshandu4024]

Loved the cheer when the kid entered the room 😄😄

[@ashokmorar]

"Their underwears' too tight" was a classic reference 😂! Classic reaction Mr and Mrs Movies 🙌

[@johnritter6864]

Great film. Arnies one liners are always superb

[@talespinner9084]

I really enjoy both of your reactions to the flicks, but honestly I also really appreciate just your interactions with each other. Goals! :) Way to be Mr. and Mrs. Movies!

[@Drforrester31]

I don't know what compelled composer James Horner to go absolutely HAM on the steel drums, it doesn't really work at all, but it's just one in a long line of crazy decisions that make up Commando. You'd swear this is supposed to be a parody of 80s action movies, but everything is done with a straight face and I love it

[@bowling4clarity817]

" Fuckin Freddie Mercury here " .😂

[@ptittannique5621]

3:18 The Big Chin Guy? You mean Robert Z'Dar? Z'no! It's Vernon Wells, you may remember him from Mad Max 2 / The Road Warrior, or perhaps Innerspace (which you really should cover on the channel).

[@paulieluppino1856]

3:51 ..."Who carries a tree?" ....Apparently only Arnie and Kratos.....,

[@Mordiaken]

"shotgun", i dont even see a car...Love it!

[@adamclifton29]

28:22 - if this compound looks familiar to people here it's because it's the same building that was used one year earlier as Victor Maitland's house in the final shootout of Beverly Hills Cop

[@putinscat1208]

Bennett was the Mohawk guy from The Road Warrior.

[@pedrojsamarripa]

They did come up with a sequel treatment for Arnold to return as John Matrix in Commando 2. I’d obviously didn’t get made. The premise was going to be that he was hired to be the chief of security for a corporate building in Los Angeles. He was to have been in charge of a group of mercenaries also hired to act as the security force. Eventually after Arnold lost interest the script was reworked and eventually was made. It ended up spawning an action series with many sequels. That movie was Die Hard.

[@snorpenbass4196]

...except Die Hard was based on a script older than Commando, which was originally meant to be a sequel to a Frank Sinatra movie (and star Frank Sinatra).

[@pedrojsamarripa]

What does the word “based” mean? Does it mean that something is solely compromised of one element or that it consists of different parts that make up a whole, some outweighing another? I’m the case of Commando 2, one of the ideas was what I said. It didn’t work out. So, instead they kept going forward and got a new star with a different plot device for why our hero would end up in the situation he was in. Lots of movies are pieces together this way. Cyborg with JCVD was started out as a sequel to Masters of the Universe. Die Hard With a Vengeance was not intended to be a John McClane movie at all. They just had an unused premise laying around and plugged John McClane into it. Thanks for the “Well actually” comment though.

[@SteelJM1]

Gotta love that steelpan + sax action music!

[@toneskiadam4068]

Dude your wife is hilarious!!! Freddy mercury that was awesome, I always thought dude was a hilarious enemy in a movie

[@waterbeauty85]

Vanessa of Once Upon a Reaction decided that the explanation for John Matrix's uncanny strength was that he part of an Army experiment to replicate Captain America's super soldier serum. I thought that was a great head canon.

[@clarkkenttheman]

it was same black speedo...also in scene where yellow porsche gets damaged on side and he pushes it back over...when they leave the damage is gone

[@johnscott4196]

Hubby was extra funny on this one

[@the.witch.of.november]

Girl: you don't want to know.....remember that dear we were feeding? 😂😂😂

[@meanlean3095]

At 18.50 the I eat green beret for breakfast is in reference to Rambo (green beret) 😂😂😂

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. The country which the bad guy comes from is the same country where the Predator jungles were and also the General in Die Hard 2 come from. This movies are connected :) . You should also do The Running Man (The best Arnold one liner movie) it is one of Arnold most underrated movies. It is a really great Arnold movie which most Reactors don't even know about. You know Die Hard started off as an Idea for a Commando Sequel movie.

[@mcentepede]

Agreed with you. Running Man and Last Action Hero Movie has the most Arnold Schwarzenegger one liners. But this movie has the best and most iconic one liners. Many still copied even today. "I eat Green Berets for Breakfast" is just pure gold. And of course...what happened to Sully? " Oh, I had to let him go!!"

[@themoviedealers]

No, Die Hard started off as a novel.

[@totomomo18]

@@themoviedealers The first idea of making an action movie was making a Commando sequel but when that idea fell off. They changed the all script and decided to adopt the novel.

[@DaniBlazin]

Every single line in this movie is an Austrian Death Machine song title! 💪💀🎸

[@svperstar]

maybe not Arnold's most popular movie, but his most Arnold movie.

[@randalthor741]

If ever there was a movie that could be called the archetypal 80s action movie, it's got to be Commando.

[@CinobiteReacts]

Legend has it that they made a sequel to Commando, that turned into Die Hard

[@BrennaUrbangirl]

"I wonder who's the boss..." I wondered if you would make that connection. "She's like fifteen in this." Actually Alyssa Milano was 11-12 years old at the time this was made. She would have been turning 13 years old in December of 1985.

[@greyinvader]

I always thought Bennett was wearing chainmail also. Upon closer inspection, it looks like something his mommy knitted for him.

[@rmhartman]

This is THE archetype of eighties action flicks.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

Even though this whole movie is all about "Commando". I'm sure Mrs Movies didn't mind seeing Arnie in a speedo. Hahaha😅

[@lazyperfectionist1]

19:01 Let me just point out a subtle, often-overlooked _detail_ about just what's going on in this room. These two people aren't just being intimate. They're shooting an adult _movie._

[@lazyperfectionist1]

19:10 "They were _filming_ it, _too."_ Ah. You caught it. Good eye.

[@theaikidoka]

My only complaints about the 'robbing the suplus store' scenes (yeah, I know it's a movie, but still) are 1)even in the US, what kind of store carries a damn rocket launcher and 2)he'd have been WAY better off taking one gun and as many magazines of ammo as he could carry, not lots of guns with one mag each. That just adds a HUGE amount of weight and bulk. If you need a different type of gun, kill some fool and take theirs, you're going to be obliterating them all anyway.

[@ZoeiiZiZZles]

sly uses the m60 first in the original rambo at the very end

[@jeremiahweiberg3458]

I was just waiting for you to say “What are you waiting for, Do it!”

[@roywall8169]

Spatula city! 😂😂. I miss Rush.

[@gehbittearrr1450]

This movie made me change my diet to raw meat

[@guscarlson7021]

I remember this in the theater. We were all dying to see more Arnold after Terminator and Conan.

[@Robtao1978]

Commando 2: Balls Out..........can't wait.

[@Seeker6192]

I love watching these movies with you two.. the stupid one liners, and the looks you give each other are just hilarious.. I love relationships like that.. humor is everything... "Guess he should of gone Commando" .. "He's going to Fred Flintstone it" :)

[@michaelconnor1542]

SPATULA CITY! Spatula City...

[@Savoy1984]

In the UK the shed scene was cut the first time I saw that footage I nearly fell through the floor.

[@mikehughes1507]

I counted at least 75 kills without reloading. Incredible! this movie is ridiculous.

[@QuagmiresDooflab]

This is the best Schwarzenegger film EVER and one of the best films ever made.

[@thatjasonwalsh]

liked just for the arnold impression. :D

[@greggburke7796]

Alyssa was not 15 here....she was 11, and I still pick up my 11 year old and carry her when she is distressed. I'm 6'4 255. She is MAYBE 4'10 and 78 pounds. It's like lifting a half a keg of beer.....no joke.

[@Scottishlandwarrior]

I am not a gun expert but i think he is using the upgraded M60 the M60E4 in this movie.

[@tonikaihola5408]

Great Arnie impression 😅

[@simongeoghegan9842]

Great impersonation of Stallone!👍

[@eugeneoman]

The ultimate 80s Ah-Nold action flick! I remember enjoying playing the Commodore 64 video game based on this movie!

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

Como Este

[@JohnDoe-dh4fi]

Commando 2 plot comes out of retirement to save his grandson who is a P.O.W

[@66JesterDeath]

I eat green berets for breakfast and right now I'm very hungry 🤣🥳

[@shanester1832]

To this day, anytime I hear someone ask, "right?" with that certain inflection, I think, WRONG. BOOM. So many unnecessary casualties. I never noticed they both had the same ice cream in the begining when they're sampling each others. Then Mr Movies pointed it out too. Idk, maybe she had vanilla & he had... homestyle vanilla?

[@larrywalling4682]

You do a great Arnold 😂👍

[@rmhartman]

"never ending bullet stream" Yes, but they justified it. He's got a belt fed machine gun, not magazine fed.

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

Commando is the most farcical and comical movie of all time; it is the diametric-opposite of a Masterpiece, but it's entertaining.

[@ErrisSq]

That's not a bad Arnie impression.

[@michaelhawk-fitz7563]

"they're the same flavour"..joke denied..lol..

[@pillboss1987]

You’re not far off comparing Commando to Predator, they both take place in the fictional country Valverde.

[@williambryan3346]

@34:22 Alyssa Milano was twelve when this was filmed and thirteen when it came out.

[@harrybroos5691]

The fictional country of Val Verde links this movie with the Predator and Die Hard franchises

[@7jxxx]

I hope ya'll watch The Running Man with Arnold that one is such a classic!

[@The-Underbaker]

If anyone asks me for the quintessential 80's action movie recommendation, this is the one I always suggest. There are far better ones (even better Arnie movies) but this sums up 80's action like no other. It's also the most "Arnie" of all the Arnie movies. If you ever get around to watching 48 Hours (which I highly recommend, starring Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy), listen closely to the music and how similar it is to this! James Horner was a very lazy composer at times.

[@to0muchtoan]

80s action movies: no such thing as collateral damage and goons have the aim of Stormtroopers

[@mcentepede]

Arnold Schwarzenegger made a film coincidentally called.... Collateral Damage. I'm not making it up

[@johnscott4196]

It's impossible to count how many guys he kills in this

[@sebastian420]

Arnold 3er fav movie

[@ThalesPo]

Do "Red heat"(Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi)

[@woo545]

Arnold shot your lights out.

[@JDelwynn]

Commando is what happens when you put all 80's action movies in a blender, it's just pure distilled 80's action cheese. It doesn't even bother trying to be complicated, 100% meat without the fat, just like Arnold.

[@anthonygonzalez2187]

One of my favourite movies ever . U know its over the top But it's so much fun . Great video

[@RJStheFourthAge]

Conan... Conan... Conan!

[@hoodwinkiez]

The only movie more shoot em up is maybe 'Shoot 'Em Up'

[@bradbunch637]

Spatula City!

[@FlixCreEightR]

Such a great action flick.

[@Keenergetic]

A good movie!

[@AMC2283]

Recommend “War on Everyone”

[@TheBunnyodeath]

I'll be back for more Arnold

[@DNulrammah]

...Sounds as if someone has been watching those Arnold parodies from MAD tv... LOL! "Arnold's New Movie"

[@TheBunnyodeath]

Ok miss movies said the sexiest, smartest thing ever said........... Chevy

[@Tedakin]

Fun fact. Die Hard was originally supposed to be Commando 2, then evolved into what it became.

[@jessharvell1022]

commando might not be the best arnold movie, but it's definitely the most arnold movie.

[@taoist32]

People forget about Raw Deal and Red Heat. Both movies underperformed, but also we’re underrated action movies.

[@jpate1103]

It's definitely top 3 for me. I saw this when I was 12 and I was so amazed by it....just blew my mind how fun of a movie this was. I'm 46 now and everytime I rewatch it, I still feel the same. It's non-stop pure ridiculous adrenaline and I'm here for every minute of it! 🤩

[@christophercrane9540]

Commando's always a favorite because there's almost a purity to it. It's just straight down the line, no frills, almost condensing the essence of 80s action into 90 minutes.

[@stoogefest16]

Right. It’s an almost perfect archetype of the genre.

[@joemckim1183]

@@stoogefest16 It's literally the most 80's action film ever.

[@gwildordipkin6504]

WRONG!

[@leob4403]

​@@LeMaqnifiquefury road was sorely lacking in Arnold charm though unfortunately

[@rromano158]

The actor who plays Bennett in this movie also played Wez, one of the biker gang members, in Road Warrior, and Bill Duke (Cooke) played Mac in The Predator.

[@tapoemt3995]

And Sully is Charlie in John Wick, the dinner reservation guy.

[@Renegade2786]

He also the main villain in *Power Rangers: Time Force* Ransik.

[@KingRenoBand]

For David Kelly I would have gone with The Warriors or The Crow but I guess John Wick is more recent. lol

[@jasonbeatty831]

Or Twin Peaks.

[@mcentepede]

He does look like a buff Freddy Mercury tho

[@AnthonyMartin-k8m]

"Freddie Mercury" is Vernon Wells who played Wez in The Road Warrior, the main mohawk-sporting antagonist. He played that character so well.

[@staciemiller7465]

He also plays the same character in Weird Science.... I just watched him in Innerspace, as well.

[@kylederry5031]

If you play back the beginning scene when Bennet gets on the boat, the boat man says "Hey Wez" I guess it's so quick no one noticed to do a retake. No BS

[@andromedafan]

He also played the main villain in Power Rangers Time Force called Ransik.

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

This isn't an 80's action movie. This is THE 80's action movie.

[@shanester1832]

High five!

[@kevinknight9950]

Movie mistake,Arnold opening that door on the landing gear,that plane would,be never took off.

[@jpate1103]

Absolutely 💯 💯

[@_MjG_]

There's way better 80's action movies than this piece of garbage movie.

[@jpate1103]

@@_MjG_ such as?

[@intellex551]

Rae Dawn Chong really makes this film, she's actually a good actress and has excellent comedy timing.

[@doughbafett]

And refreshingly she's a capable sidekick who helps the hero, but isn't a boss girl or love interest.

[@deg6788]

​@@doughbafettYes I agree

[@Drforrester31]

You can tell with a lesser actress her character could have been super annoying, but Rae really does an awesome job right from the start

[@stoogefest16]

@@doughbafett They did want to shoehorn in a romantic angle between them, but none of the scenes they shot passed muster, so they dispensed with that subplot altogether and kept their association platonic.

[@vladtepis4316]

Arnold is clearly in love with himself the entire film and he didn't want to share with Rae Dawn Chong.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

This movie is the one that really initiated the 80s macho macheezmo one liner action movies. It is so stupid, silly yet very entertaining.

[@Jar0fMay0]

I think what started the action one liners was the Dirty Harry movies.

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

@@Jar0fMay0 no, thr 80s one liners are silly and stupid. Dirty Harry was respectable and stern one liners. This was the celebration to kill bad man

[@PeopleRTheProblem]

It was also indirectly responsible for the rise of Bruce Willis.

[@jerrym1218]

Even though Dirty Harry had awesome respectable one liners, I’ll always say that Sean Connery with his James Bond interpretation is the king of one liners, and that’s when I noticed when it started. Then again we also had dudes like James Cagney, Humfrey Bogart and Clark Gable doing one liners in their movies too back in the day, but the 80’s movies is where it did start to get ridiculously overdone, but I personally still loved it with a passion lol 😆.

[@PabloHernandez-yo9qd]

@@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto how pathetic can you get 🙄