Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Film: Commando (1985)

DVD: Anamorphic
Commando (Director's Cut)

"Why don't they just call him Girl George? It would cut down on the confusion."
"Oh, Dad, that is so old."
"Ha Ha. You know, when I was a boy and Rock'n'Roll came to East Germany, the communists said it was subversive... Maybe they were right."

Review: This is a great over-over-over-the-top action flick with Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Commando trying to rescue his daughter taken hostage. It plays almost as a fantasy as one man takes on a hundred in a climatic battle where he hits everything he aims at and seems impervious to harm. There is a lot of humor from the one-liners and the cartoon violence.

"You scared motherfucker? Well, you should be because this Green Beret is going to kick your big ass."
"I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now I'm very hungry."

"Come on, Bennett, throw away the chicken-shit gun. You don't just want to pull the trigger, you want to put the knife in me, and look me in the eye, and see what's going on in there when you turn it. That's what you want to do, right?"
"I can kill you, John!"
"Come on, let the girl go, just between you and me. Don't deprive yourself of some pleasure. Come on, Bennett, lets party!"

4 out of 5 Stars

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