Commando (1985)

Great "Guy" Gift

This is definitely a "guy" movie. I bought this as a gift for my boyfriend's birthday, and he absolutely loved it! October 21, 2008

Arnold at his best

This is the ultimate action movie that defines the genre. If you are looking for explosions, gunfire, and hilarious one-liners, then this is the right movie for you. Commando came before Predator, and many elements of Predator probably derived from the success of this movie.

Additionally, the extra features are pretty cool to watch. In one bit, some of the actors reflect on the movie many years after its production, and the director and producer talk about the inspiration behind making the film.

If you are worried that the director's cut won't be as good as the theatrical release, you have the option to watch the theatrical version as well. Overall, this is an excellent buy. October 7, 2008

Movie: 3.25/5 Picture Quality: 2.75~4.25/5 Sound Quality: 3.5/5 Extras: 0/5

Version: U.S.A / Region-A
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-2 BD-25
Running time: 1:30:15
Movie size: 21,09 GB
Disc size: 23,00 GB
Average video bit rate: 24.65 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 24-bit/48 Khz
DD AC3 2.0 448Kbps English
DD AC3 2.0 French
DD 1.0 Spanish Mono

Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish

Number of chapters: 24

#Theatrical Trailers in HD
#D-Box enhanced September 26, 2008

First class bullet festival

This is 80's shoot 'em up heroics at their best. Arnie is perfect as a one man army in this nun blasting piece of action cinema. It's daft but superb fun. September 22, 2008

"Any carry-on luggage?"Just him."

Commando was released the year after I was born, but I've never seen it up until now. But I've heard absolutely loads about it. There are some people out there, who visit Bennett forums, and can quote every line in the film constantly. Every day in fact. It's getting to the point where I can finish the quotes. And I don't want to be that sad. But I still hadn't seen the movie. Until he got the blu ray.

There's not much of a storyline to Commando. It's your typical Arnie fare, with plenty of muscle, plenty of brilliant one liners (especially from Bennett), lots of deaths, and a very young Alyssa Milano. Does it get any better than this? (Yes, add a tall as he is wide Danny DeVito and I'm as happy as a pig in manure.)

Commando starts with a bang, some nice happy father/daughter scenes between Arnie & Alyssa, and there's plenty of action after that. And I mean plenty of action. Bennett is played by camp Freddie Mercury lookalike Vernon Wells, and I'm wondering how on earth any of the crew managed not to laugh during any of his scenes. It freaked me out a couple of times, he's so over the top in some scenes and some of his lines are unintentionally hilarious and have developed a small cult following online. (There are actually websites devoted to this guy.)

I started laughing as soon as Alyssa appeared on screen. She looks exactly the same as she does these days, hair's the same etc, but just a bit older, and more polished. And slightly taller, but she's not that tall to begin with (5foot 2, and she's still taller than me.) She's such a little cutie in the movie even if she is wearing DUNGAREES and even she manages to pull it off.

I was thoroughly impressed with Commando, and it looked amazing in high definition. Arnie can do no wrong in my opinion (yes, even in Twins, BRILLIANT movie) and maybe now I'm in the mood to re-watch all his films. Purely for the movies of course, not for the muscle at all. June 17, 2008

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