COMMANDO (1985) Retrospective / Review
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John Matrix: "You're a funny guy, Oliver Harper. I like you. That's why I'm flagging your retrospective video last."
Oooooh la laaaaaaa!
"What _is_ important is GRAVITY."
I lied……I’m watching this now.
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
It's amazing how most of Arnold's movies are still revered and talked about a lot, despite most of them being over 30 years old. Greatest action star of all time.
Just watched Predator on 4K Blu-Ray last night..
@@dbreiden83080 The Running Man.
Total Recall. Terminator 2. Red Heat.
Are in 4k also.
I really do hope True Lies gets a 4k treatment. That's such an overlooked good movie
@@v8matey
I think Running Man is only in 4K in Germany or something.. I want all the Arnie classics in 4K.. Studios are dragging their feet..
@@dbreiden83080 It's region free. Great transfer.
T2 is horrendous on 4kray.
@@v8matey Last action hero is on 4k.
Really needs to be a Terminator 4k, this and Conan.
This is movie is an underrated piece of art in its own genre…
I love the score, the characters, the humor, the lines…
I EAT GREEN BERETS FOR BREAKFAST !!! LOL.
You know what day it is John? Pay 💰 day.
@@anakinchosen You're funny guy Anakin, I like you...
Without a shadow of a doubt one of the most iconic 80s action movies. I've seen it at least a dozen times and it never ceases to entertain me. They just don't make 'em like they used to, eh?
Only a dozen? This went on 4 times a week when I was about 6 years old 🤣
12 times?
I once watched the VHS 12 times in 1 week 😄
Nice ghostbuster reference
the "I LIED" scene is pure comedy genius, especially when Arnold followed up with his "I Let Him Go" response
@@nzneo643 ohhhh llaaahhh! RIP Sully 😂
"Are you going to tell me what's going on or what?"
"NO"
Everyone responsible for this dialogue exchange and it's subsequent inclusion in the original trailer should be rightly pleased with themselves.
This is probably the most quotable Schwarzenegger movie
It could've been straight out of a Terminator film lol
Facts
Im pretty sure he also says "ill be back" in this movie as well
@@Tyler-hs9eu he totally does
Definitely one of my favorite Arnold films. Commando is a textbook example of over the top hyper-masculine action films in the 80s.
Yeah this is the movie i would recommend to just show someone what 80s action movies are like. It's the most representative movie of thst time. We need more of this.
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Commando, Predator and Bloodsport are the best 80s action films.
@@Paul-sl9zm It's hard to sum it up with just three movies. Lethal Weapon and Red Heat were great buddy cop movies, Die Hard was a great siege/hostage movie, First Blood dealt with the stab in the back from the public to Vietnam veterans. The Running Man foretold reality TV. The 80s action genre is so underrated.
It didn't even seem that over the top to me as a kid. I really thought a guy built like that could rip a car seat out of the frame of a car. LOL. I was a pretty dumb kid.
@@jimmym3352 me too! But this video has me thinking that this movie was kind of a spoof. I kinda believe it.
"Let off some steam Bennett!"
Damn I never get tired of watching Commando and Predator. Classics.
Total Recall is one of my favourites along with Predator.
@@oonmm Total Recall is so good. Conan the Barbarian too
The Running Man is another one of my favourites.
Oh yeah, just remembered The Running Man as I was writing that comment. Has been too long since I saw that one.
Mate, I laughed out loud when you did that Arnold laugh during the ice cream scene. Well done.
The moment I saw Arnold carrying a whole log over his shoulder I knew what kind of movie this was. Those opening parts with the father and daughter hanging out and feeding the deer are so sacharine. But it's a fun watch and I appreciated that the leads didn't get together, which I feel is atypical of action films at this time. Bonus points for deranged bad guy who could front a metal band, complete with mustache and chain mail shirt.
A gay metal band?
It’s like Bennett is larping as Rob Halford
I love this film, as it’s just quintessential Schwarzenegger.
It's a distillation of the Arnie action movie, before they existed.
@Serac please excuse my friend, he is dead tired
Everything wonderful and terrible about him in one package. And I mean that as a compliment. Also props for being so lean on the runtime, not feeling too short or too long.
I have a Schnauzer called Arnold Schnauzernegger 😂. It is a brilliant film and do you know what I like most about this film? The price.
17:46 they are "not" super efficient, it was their plan to follow the general. Remember that their goal was to get hold of Matrix but they didn't know where he was but they knew that the general knew so they killed off every member of his team so that they would force the general to travel to Matrix to warn him off so they followed his helicopter, hence they where there the moment he left.
Arnie was, and should still be, the blueprint for an action movie star.
The build, the looks, the line delivery, the unmistakable voice, everything. He pioneered a new era in the genre. He raised the bar to a level that has not since been matched.
Arnie will always remain amongst the top names mentioned as the greatest action movie actors of all time.
He had a thick Austrian accent and a very heavy voice. His dialogue delivery was cringeworthy and his acting was unconvincing but because of his larger than life persona and charm his limitations actually worked FOR and not against him.
No objection from me,Mr Mojo,well said.
hell no. He can't act and his action was slow as shit.
This was part of his rivalry with Stallone at the time. They became good friends later on. "I eat green berets for breakfast." Rambo was a green beret. The same line is used in "Predator." A little nudge at Sly.
Arguably the most 80's action film
I bought this movie from the $5 DVD bin at Wal Mart ten years ago and I've probably watched it 30 times. It's great.
And that folks is the best 5 dollars ever spent.
Yea most of the stuff in the $5 bin is garbage. Every once in a while you will find a gem.
This is by far the greatest action movie EVER made. Its just perfect.
What????? The music was absolutely EPIC. It was sensational. The music to where Arnold arrives on the beach and gets kitted up is absolute perfection. This film is remembered by everyone who grew up in the 80's and its still talked about not like the garbage films of today that nobody ever really talks about or remembers. Commando and Rambo 2 inspired a whole generation.
I get a tear in my eye everytime he feeds the deer. The score is the best
both movies are dumb. First Blood is a good movie but the rest are hilarious in how bad they are.
@@carlosluismendez7392 Yeah as dumb as you.
God bless Bill Duke! Today is his 79th birthday I believe... So appropriate you released this today!
I grew up in the era of these movies you cover. Your channel is like a nostalgic time machine for me. Thank you and keep up the awesome work. Greetings from South Afrrica.
It's funny how Commando and Rambo First Blood part 2 came out just months apart. When Arnold and Sly finally did a movie together, it should have been a crossover between the two. They even could have called it Contra for laughs.
Back in the 80s Contra the NES game is called Rambo and Commando by kids in my village. We don't know Japanese and we assume the title by the art on the cartridge.
Both action pictures were edited by Mark Goldblatt. Frederick J. Brown was the supervising sound effects editor,
Jay Wilkinson was the special sound effects creator & designer, Lucy Coldsnow-Smith was the supervising
dialogue editor and Lauren Palmer & Hugo Weng were also done both action pictures during post production
at Disney's Skywalker Sound.
Commando is the perfect Saturday night in movie along with Terminator 1 and 2, Conan the Barbarian and the Running Man.
Get a takeaway and some drinks and your night is set.
The movie itself is great as it doesn't take itself too seriously and the acting by all is spot on.
I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.
I vividly remember visiting a buddy when I was a kid, as he asked 'hey, want to see a movie?' and showed me the VHS of Commando, with Arnold in all his glory on on the cover. I've seen many 'better' films since then, but the entertainment value of Commando remains very dear to my heart.
"Hey Sully remember when I said I kill you last?"
"That's right, Matrix! You did!"
"I lied."
Drops him to his death. Nice!
Oh la la!
You can see why Arnie became a politician!
But there's no sound effect for Sully hitting the ground.
I let him go.
"NO CHENCE "
Commando is one of my favorite Schwarzenegger movies along with Terminator 2, Predator, and True Lies.
I’ve never thought one could be expected to score 165 projects and never repeat even a single sound. James Horner is one of the most inventive and eclectic music composers who ever lived, and admits to forgetting what he’s composed before as he likes to just move on. Directors often asked him to repeat himself. Compared to the generic actual copy and paste of the likes of Hans Zimmer, who seems to score half of all movies today, Horner was a goddamn genius. Williams, Goldsmith, Elfman, Giacchino all have a distinctive and recognizable sound, so why can’t Horner? Criminally underrated.
He used the “danger theme” in multiple movies
Was
Somewhere, some how somebody is going to pay is one of the best tag lines for a movie ever. This was one of Arnie's early action movies after Conan & The Terminator and still to date one of his best movies ever.
Let's party!!!
Cheesey, over the top, ridiculous.. damn right! And it's everything that makes the movie great. Can't even count how many times I've seen Commando, by far one of my favourite VHS rentals as a youngster and a staple in Arnold's catalogue of films.
That edited intro was top notch brotha! Also I always found it interesting that bennet had PLENTY of opportunity to kill Matrix but since he was infatuated with him, bennet throws his gun and decides to gimp himself fighting Matrix CQC.
My friends and I coined the term “business casual mullet” when referring to Arnold‘s hair in this classic.
He has a crew cut, not a mullet.
@@cgh7337 look at the back
Commando is a Schwarzenegger and 80s action classic. We need a 4K Ultra HD Blu Ray with a Schwarzenegger commentary!
Cant get a commentary from Arnie. He charged Fox 500K for the commentary on Conan The Barbarian. Maybe his rate is cheaper these days because that was back around 2001.
@@silvervalleystudios2486 Wow didn't know that!
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It’s easily the worst commentary of DVD history, as well. All he does is narrate his actions that you can plainly see in the movie. He adds nothing 😂
I'm so glad I finally saw this recently because I thought it was so awesome and just a fun movie.
My favourite score of all time. It's so layered and complex. I'd say it's unique, but I get the feeling James Horner recorded all of this music for 48 Hours and just re-edited portions for Commando. The editing and pace of this film is also exceptional. There's an extended version that has some extra dialogue and interesting backstory on Matrix, but despite not adding much length to the film, it's amazing how trimming them makes the film "move" so much quicker and leaner.
He also re-uses the steel drum segments in 'Clear and Present Danger'.
This is probably by favorite Arne movie. It’s absolute peak 80s over the top action, and cheese. Chopped full of so many great one-liners. This is the film I point to as best example of traditional 80s Action Movies. I also love that less 10 years later Arne would lampoon all of this in Last Action Hero.
as a kid growing up in the 80's from a regular family getting a VHS tape was expensive and would rarely happen How I totally regret the choice when my birthday came around and I was allowed to pick a Arnold video to buy and own and I picked RAW DEAL , how I regretted that decision!!! I had rented Commando multiple times and always enjoyed it but Raw Deal was the one film of Arnies I hadn't seen and the trailers made it look awesome. Stuck with Raw Deal which I never enjoyed and rarely watched while I rented Commando relentlessly every month or so
Sounds like Raw Deal's getting a bit of a ehhh Raw Deal? I'll see myself out.
Absolutely Outstanding and Brilliant Editing! My son Harry and I absolutely love your retrospectives! Looking forward to the next one!
Give Thanks to Mark Goldblatt who edited both Rambo 2 and Commando.
“I lied” and “Let off some steam” have become iconic in pop culture
An 80s Joel Silver produced action flick with a lead character with the last name Matrix, who would later go on to produce The Matrix films. In a way coming full circle.
Don't disturb my friend his dead tired...
- What's wrong? This isn't a plane.
- This is a canoe with wings!
- Well, then get in and start paddling.lol
One of my favorite Arnie films. Has some great one liners and the music is great as well
This is fun. Movies today should be more like this.
So you want Scarlett Johansen running around with a rocket launcher cracking one liners?
i want an mcu film like this.
No an arnold like actor who's cool and fun@@VenusHeadTrap2
This movie is timeless. One of the GOAT's of the action genre.
I saw this movie at the cinema when I was only 11 years old... my parents ran the local cinema so I was able to view it from the projection room.
I've loved this movie ever since... like you say, it doesn't take itself too seriously and is fun to watch!
Fun , underrated '80s action caper! I laughed at Oliver's all-too -brief Arnold impersonation! Also funny to hear Ollie say "Val Verde"... ;)
Was there a slight pause before he said it? LOL
I kinda like the steel drums. Makes the movie feel more fun and light.
Commando, Predator and the first Conan are my top 3 Schwarzenegger movies of all time and Terminator 2, True Lies and Eraser are my top 3 from his '90s period.
This badly needs a 4K Blu-Ray Release..
"Let off some steam, Bennett" is one of the best one-liners of all time.
I remember the original trailer. It featured, "I'm going to kill you last!" And then the same trailer had the payoff. I thought, "Well, there's no point in seeing it now!"
as I think about it, the background bongos were the clock ticking, incessantly reminding us of the countdown.
I liked it.
I discovered this movie for the first time in 2001 (which happened to be a year when two of this movie’s stars were on prominent TV roles:
Alyssa Milano was at her height of hotness on Charmed
Vernon Wells was a Power Rangers villain (Time Force’s Ransik, one of the best PR villains of all-time)
Arnold is the most underrated actor in history. You need serious charisma and presence and physical ability to make a movie like this and pull it off. And some of his more dramatic stuff in other films is actually quite good. He has a natural believability about him even with his often less-than-great delivery. Check out when he is giving orders to his team in Predator - I see a leader giving orders, not an actor playing a leader giving orders.
Dude arnie was like THE actor of the late 20th century... He is still probably the most well known actor in all of cinema history.
Yes! I love a good Arnold movie review. No one kicked as much ass as Arnold did in the 80’s-90’s.
Oliver, been a big fan for a long time and watch all of your videos. I'm sitting here watching this one, and my wife was nearby. When you did your impression of Arnold, she about pissed herself, as did I. Sounded totally perfect.
Keep up the excellent work and I'm very excited to watch your newest documentary. Your other ones have been amazing and I can't imagine that your newest release won't meet the same high level of standards.
Thank you for all of your hard work.
Class film, it’s the most 80’s of all the 80’s cheesy action films with all the tropes. Think I once watched it for the 3rd time in a week when I was 13 to count how many died in it.
Best half a second Arnold impression! @18:31
Personaly I love James Horner score in this film
I've always felt that The Terminator is perhaps Schwarzenegger's most important film. Yes Conan was a success, but without The Terminator I'm not so sure studios would've had much confidence in Arnold outside of barbarian films. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'll still ask this:
*If The Terminator is not the success it was do studios still cast Arnold for Commando?*
Would love some insight. Thanks!
Need to get a 4K of this!
in the unedited version you see a scene where Matrix tells Cindy about how he was never there for jenny as he was always away i felt that it added so much to the film and also why she seems to all of a sudden help him more
Thanx for existing, Oliver. The 80’s is my happy place, and you provide such perfect hits. Peerless.
Te best thing in "Commando" is the bad guys for sure! Bill Duke as Cooke and of course Bennett.
Great as always. I think I've only seen bits of this movie, but I do remember most of the iconic moments like when John kills Sully and the Bennet kill and "Let off some steam Bennet." I should give this movie a watch in its entirety, really does look like a fun ride.
Years back id get baked and watch your reviews. It was my little chill time and i loved it. Its been a long time, lots of grief, lots of hell. I am finally sitting down with a shit ton of bud, dab, and vape. My friend, im about to chill and watch a new review from you and i am happy. Thank you.
There is no better segment in your list than the 80s action/sci-fi genre personally. Eagerly waiting for Stallone's Cobra - thanks for the great work!
Huge fan of your channel, and love your focused and detailed review of Commando. It was definitely a good blend of action and humor, and can appreciate the unfolding rivalry which became apparent between Stallone and Schwarzenegger. Please do a special video on 1985’s Explorers!!! Godspeed!
Me and a friend (both Middle aged men) watch this at least 4 times a year and laugh our way through it! Guaranteed good evenings those "Commando Nights".
This feels like the unofficial prequel to the predator series, what an incredible film! :D
How does it feel like the unofficial prequel to Predator? They have two completely different tones. Arnold is a bit of a one dimensional actor but Dutch and Matrix are nothing alike ? I just don't see your connection ? But then again wasn't Predator made when somebody made a offhand comment about the next Rocky movie being Stallone fighting an Alien because his opponents kept getting bigger, stronger and badder and they had to up the anti lol... I could see you making a case for The Rock being a part of the James Bond franchise or Get the Gringo being a sequel to Payback but not Predator and Commando. Prove me wrong?
Plus I just remembered the same actor that plays part of Dutches team in Predator is one of the bad guys in this movie so how can it be set in the same universe? Unless Bill Dukes (I think its his name? the bald black guy. who never smiles that was also in Payback) has a twin
Bill Duke dies in both films so yes, would need to be a twin
This movie is the ultimate in "Arnie physics", whereby he can lift, rip through, tear, chop, and survive practically anything. It's glorious.
I love how Vernon Wells comes off of this movie as a buff version of Freddy Mercury circa 1985. And the chainmail. Why was he wearing chainmail? That chainmail didn't stop him from being spit roasted by that pipe.
Miss these movies, I'll watch as a kid and still these days they still are fun i understand the bad words lol
A real classic Arnold movie.
One of my favourite films. Wish we got more films like it to be honest.
Loved it! The story, the cast, the mix of action drama/progression of storyline was perfect at the time. Love that Arnold is always taking chances on roles. Raw Deal was another one.
Bro, your retrospectives are the best on youtube. I love how you do them.
Possibly the greatest movie ever. That's a clichéd comment, but what I mean is by its balancing of action, self aware comedy, pacing, plotting, overall story, characters & casting, etc. around what it set out to do.
All of these things aren't sophisticated, but they are exactly what they need to be and don't overdo what's required of them. Balancing all these components is nearly an impossible feat for any movie, but Commando is one of the few that pretty much got everything measured to perfection for what it is. It didn't really need anything more or less than what it delivered, and it's immensely entertaining as a result.
The review here was fantastic.
I can’t explain how much I love this movie especially when I was a kid, way too young watching this every weekend with my cousins
It's funny for me. There are so many films I would dump on for being ridiculous or over-the-top or such. The Fast Films, The Venom Films, some Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich Films, and yet this one, I find myself unable to get mad at. I think part of it is because not only does this film do it in such a lean runtime, it also wraps itself up nicely and also feels like it takes full advantage of its set-up. While the Fast have gotten too crazy for their own likability to just be plain dumb now, The Venom films feel like they are holding their true creativity back because they insist on selling to the biggest audience possible and Bay and Emmerich often being too long to feel nothing less than burnout after those films are over, this one manages to find that nice sweet spot.
Is it that you don't instantly and obviously know what this is. Is it good bad movie or bad good movie? Is it serious or satire? Anyway it works.
Wow! Just as I thought. Your retrospectives and reviews especially your editing is vastly improving over time! Now I’m excited on a retrospective on The Warriors!
Been saving great videos like this for workout videos. You do some amazing work, recently watched the Double impact retrospective. Really looking forward In search of tomorrow. Also enjoyed Last Action Heroes. Even though I have never been a fan of horror movies, I loved both parts of In search of darkness. Really well put together documentaries.
I’ve been waiting for a retroactive movie review channel to review Commando for such a long time! Thanks Oliver!
I had a bicycle that was camo with COMMAND printed all over it as a kid. Loved it.
the extended cut of this movie is awsome
I remember watching this as a kid, I was so amazed at the amount of backflips that were caused by explosions.
Love the movie, one of the best action films of the 80's, the spanish dub is so funny i can watch it over and over...
I love all those Arnold movies from the 80s. The one man army movies. Commando, Red Heat, Running Man, Total Recall, Conan..
I love this movie! Outstanding choice and a video! I'm looking very forward to watching it. I learned a lot from your videos a lot about movies and a lot about how making videos. Keep them coming really good video enjoying to watch it as of now and keep them coming I'll watch them all.
My favorite part of commando:
When he’s fighting the black guy in hotel room. Black dude ends up with a board through his heart, bold spewing out his mouth. And Arnold tells him to
“Talk”
Still one of my favorite Arnold films, I remember my father & I watching it on HBO the night it debuted. I was 12. That's one thing my old man and I had in common, our love of a good action movie!
I love all of your retrospective reviews :D
My dad brought thus home on visiting in 89 when I was 3 yrs old and I was hooked on Arnold movie ever since
The soundtrack was one of the best from the era and genre. I must have watched this 100 times when I was a kid.
I had two movies I would watch on repeat daily as a kid growing up in the early 80's. It was Conan the Barbarian and Commando. Both films have two phenomenal soundtracks that I still listen to today.
The editing is all over the place. I bought a version that kind of cleaned up some of the editing and honestly it just didn't work. Showing that original theatrical cut was perfect (warts and all).
“I eat Oliver Harper retrospectives for breakfast, and right now I’m VERY hungry!”
I remember being a kid watching this movie on tv for the first time. I was so young that Arnold was just Terminator to me and not Arnold. So I when I turned it on it was just the ending where he’s blasting through everyone and I remember thinking to myself “I need more of this!!!” I go to the TV guide channel to find the name of the movie (which in those days internet wasn’t a big thing to just search whatever you want.) and finally found the name Commando. I was like badass name. I kept a eye out for it on tv again and I never got to see it until I found out it was in my dads VHS collection. I went to watch it and absolutely hated it when nothing at all was like the climax. I wanted a “commando” blasting through guys like I did in video games and I wanted it to be the terminator. But it was completely different. After awhile I watched it more and more and became one of my overall favorite movies.
I love how you always give detail on the soundtrack, can't believe you never went in depth with the plot for this. ;) No way is that Bill Duke's own scream, not enough bass. One of Arnie's best films for comedy one-liners. Your retrospective/review videos are great, cheers. When are we getting Red Heat? :D
This is definitely one of my favorite Arnie movies - infinitely rewatchable and some great one-liners.
Thank you recognizing that this recognizes its own silliness. People that try to review this like a serious piece of cinema are completely missing the point.
Hey Oliver, another great review/documentary. This was one of the ones from Arnold that I was hoping that you'd get around to sooner rather than later, you must have read my mind. I'd like to see you do Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Rambo: First Blood Part II, as well as Top Gun.
one of my favorite arnold movies
Speaking of the kill count, I remember getting the whole audience to count them together in the final sequence -- and we had to give up when he blew up the barracks.