name | Commando |
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director | Mark L. Lester |
producer | Joel Silver |
screenplay | Steven E. de Souza |
story | Steven E. de SouzaJoseph Loeb IIIMatthew Weisman |
starring | Arnold SchwarzeneggerVernon WellsRae Dawn ChongAlyssa MilanoBill DukeDan Hedaya David Patrick KellyJames Olson |
music | James Horner |
cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
editing | Glenn FarrMark GoldblattJohn F. Link |
studio | Silver Pictures |
distributor | 20th Century Fox |
released | |
runtime | 90 minutes |
country | United States |
language | English |
budget | $10 million |
gross | $57,491,000 }} |
The film was nominated for a Saturn Award in 1986 for Best Special Effects but lost to James Cameron's Aliens, another movie with music provided by James Horner from Commando. A critical success and commercial hit, Commando is the 7th highest grossing movie of 1985.
Bennett explains that Matrix is needed to carry out a political assassination for Arius (Hedaya) (who calls himself "El Presidente") and his army of former U.S. soldiers and mercenaries, among them Bennett, who was dishonourably discharged by Matrix for his disregard for order and has now joined Arius in retribution. Arius is a warlord and dictator who was previously overthrown by Matrix in a revolution staged by the U.S.. He now wishes to lead a military coup in his home country, Val Verde, and reasons that Matrix's familiarity with the country's new U.S. puppet leader will aid in an assassination attempt. As Arius has Jenny, Matrix reluctantly accepts the demand.
After boarding an airplane to take him to Val Verde, Matrix instead kills his guard, Henriques, and jumps into a swamp just as the plane is taking off from the runway, then sets his watch timer for the approximate time of 11 hours of the flight. Subsequently, he 'kidnaps' an off-duty flight attendant named Cindy (Chong), and pulls the seat out of her car, which would allow him to not be seen. Matrix tells Cindy he needs her help, and convinces her to follow Sully (David Patrick Kelly) to a shopping mall, where Sully is making a deal. Matrix asks Cindy to talk to Sully again as a ruse (earlier, she had told him to go away after he unsuccessfully tried to get together with her). Instead, she alerts the guards to Matrix, and a huge fight breaks out between Matrix and the security guards, which Sully witnesses. Seeing that Matrix has somehow got off the flight, he tries to find a phone to make contact with Bennett. Matrix gives chase through the mall, even jumping on top of his elevator, and even rips out the phone booth with Sully still inside. Sully reaches the garage with Matrix in hot pursuit. Now, with Cindy's complete co-operation, Matrix chases after Sully in his yellow Porsche 911, and causes him to put the car on its side. Grabbing Sully and dangling him by his ankle over a cliff, Matrix learns that he is to meet Cooke (Bill Duke) at the Sunspot motel, and then drops him to his apparent death.
Matrix and Cindy go to the motel and wait for Cooke, which breaks out into another fight, and ends up with Cooke being impaled on a broken spike. Searching Cooke's car outside leads them to a warehouse where Matrix learns where Arius' mansion is located (and where Jenny is presumably being held). He then breaks into a surplus store and steals a one-man arsenal of both small arms and heavy weapons, whereupon, he is arrested. Afterwards, Cindy helps him escape from the police by firing a rocket at the van he is being held in and, after commandeering a seaplane from a nearby marina run by Arius, Matrix and Cindy land the plane off the coast of the island where Arius is located. Matrix instructs Cindy to contact General Kirby and then proceeds to Arius' villa, fighting and killing Arius' private army on the way. He subsequently confronts and kills Arius in a gunfight.
Meanwhile, Jenny uses a door handle to pry away boards nailed to the window frame of her room, enabling her to attempt escape. But she is seen by Bennett, who gives chase. Matrix eventually locates her in the basement, but he is shot in the arm by Bennett. Matrix then taunts Bennett into facing him in respectful hand-to-hand combat, an invitation Bennett cannot resist. After a fierce struggle, during which a severe electric shock enhances Bennett's strength significantly, Matrix finally finishes Bennett by impaling him with a large metal tube.
Kirby arrives with a military detachment and asks Matrix to rejoin the special forces unit. Matrix, however, unceremoniously declines. He, Cindy, and his daughter fly back home.
The original concept was for an Israeli special forces–Mossad agent, who is sick of the continual death and destruction in the Middle East. So he quits Israel and emigrates to the United States, where he is forced out of his self-imposed retirement after the kidnapping of his daughter. This was modified and further adapted when Schwarzenegger was cast; some of the original dialogue can be viewed in the deleted scenes when Matrix says he regrets his past actions.
In a blatant "blooper," Matrix and Cindy drive away from the hills in Sully's yellow Porsche 911, which is suddenly in pristine condition after having been rammed multiple times in the driver's side and even flipped over onto its roof.
In 2010, it was announced that Fox would begin filming a remake of the film with David Ayer in negotiations to direct. Sam Worthington is attached to play the new lead role, which will reportedly have a more realistic approach.
On June 5, 2007, 20th Century Fox officially announced that a completely unedited and unrated director's cut of the film would be released on region 1 DVD on September 18, 2007. Through seamless branching, this disc not only features an unrated cut (which was claimed to run at 95 minutes, but is only 91 minutes, with 92 seconds of extra footage), but as a bonus, also contains the original 90 minute, R-rated US theatrical cut. Aside from this, the DVD is a special edition, featuring an audio commentary from director Mark L. Lester (only on the theatrical cut), additional deleted scenes, a Pure Action featurette, a Let Off Some Steam featurette, and four photo galleries with over 150 photos. The transfer is anamorphically enhanced and features a 5.1 audio mix.
In April 2008, the 90-minute theatrical version of the film was released to consumers on the high definition Blu-ray Disc format.
name | Commando |
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type | Soundtrack |
artist | James Horner |
cover | COMMANDOST.jpg |
released | December, 2003 |
genre | Soundtrack |
length | 43:21 |
label | Varèse Sarabande |
reviews | * Allmusic [ link] |
next album | }} |
A soundtrack album was released by Varèse Sarabande on December 2, 2003 as part of the label's CD Club and was limited to 3000 copies. The score, composed by James Horner, is notable for its prominent use of steel drums.
Song titled "We Fight for Love" featured in the film and recorded by the Power Station wasn't included in the official soundtrack. The song featured late founder Robert Palmer's replacement, Michael Des Barres, and was the only song with Des Barres singing lead. It would appear on the 2006 remaster of The Power Station.
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