Commando
Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay.
1985 | 90m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Mark L. Lester |
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| Writer: | Steven E. de Souza, Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman |
| Staring: |
| John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 03, 1985 |
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| Director: | Mark L. Lester |
| Writer: | Steven E. de Souza, Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Thriller |
| Keywords | fight, kidnapping, mercenary, lone wolf, us army, daughter, father, rescue mission, gunfight, los angeles, california, terrorism, nostalgic, action hero |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, SLM Production Group, Silver Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $57,500,000
Budget: $10,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 11, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | John Matrix |
| Rae Dawn Chong | Cindy |
| Dan Hedaya | Arius |
| Vernon Wells | Bennett |
| James Olson | Major General Franklin Kirby |
| David Patrick Kelly | Sully |
| Alyssa Milano | Jenny Matrix |
| Bill Duke | Cooke |
| Drew Snyder | Lawson |
| Sharon Wyatt | Leslie |
| Michael Delano | Forrestal |
| Bob Minor | Jackson |
| Michael Adams | Harris |
| Gary Carlos Cervantes | Diaz |
| Lenny Juliano | Soldier |
| Charles Meshack | Henriques |
| Chelsea Field | Vicky the Western Flight Attendant |
| Julie Hayek | Susan the Western Flight Attendant |
| Hank Calia | Latin Man |
| Walter Scott | Cates |
| Greg Wayne Elam | Biggs |
| George Fisher | Mall Security Guard |
| Phil Adams | Officer in Galleria |
| Ava Cadell | Girl in Bed at Motel |
| Mikul Robins | Boy in Bed at Motel |
| Branscombe Richmond | Vega |
| Matt Landers | Fred |
| Peter DuPont | Daryl |
| Tom Simmons | Kirby's Driver |
| Bill Paxton | Intercept Officer |
| Richard D. Reich | Intercept Officer |
| John Reyes | Val Verde Heavy |
| Billy Cardenas | Val Verde Heavy |
| Eddie Reyes | Val Verde Heavy |
| Vivian Daily | Woman Officer |
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | Young Guerrilla |
| Ronald C. McCarty | Guerrilla |
| Jim Painter | Police Officer |
| Nick Dimitri | Guerrilla Guarding Plane (uncredited) |
| Dick Warlock | Officer in Mall (uncredited) |
| Tony Brubaker | Man Arius (uncredited) |
| Larry Holt | 2nd Mall Security Guard (uncredited) |
| Danny Nero | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Rick Sawaya | Island Guerrilla (uncredited) |
| Adrian Tafoya | Commuter in Airport (uncredited) |
| Fernando Verdugo | Airport Commuter (uncredited) |
| Tom Willett | Airport Commuter (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jim Schurmann | Color Timer |
| Steven E. de Souza | Story, Screenplay |
| James Horner | Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Conductor |
| Matthew F. Leonetti | Director of Photography |
| Mark Goldblatt | Editor |
| Robert Gould | Set Decoration |
| Bruce McBroom | Still Photographer |
| Jeph Loeb | Story |
| George Fisher | Stunts, Stunt Double |
| John R. Leonetti | First Assistant Camera |
| Ronald Sinclair | ADR Editor |
| Charles A. Tamburro | Pilot |
| Karen Gaviola | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Michael Adams | Stunts |
| Jophery C. Brown | Stunts, Stunt Double |
| Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Roger Callard | Stunts |
| Carl Ciarfalio | Stunts |
| Nick Dimitri | Stunts |
| Richard L. Duran | Stunts |
| Sandra Lee Gimpel | Stunts |
| Johnny Hock | Stunts |
| Steve Kelso | Stunts |
| Joel Kramer | Stunts, Stunt Double |
| Jeff O'Haco | Stunts |
| Jeff Ramsey | Stunts, Stunt Double |
| Mario Roberts | Stunts |
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | Stunts |
| Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Tony Snegoff | Stunts |
| Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Bob Yerkes | Stunts |
| Peter Kent | Stunt Double |
| Spiro Razatos | Stunts |
| Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Glenn Farr | Editor |
| John F. Link | Editor |
| Jackie Burch | Casting |
| John Vallone | Production Design |
| Joe McKinney | Makeup Artist |
| William Turner | Makeup Artist |
| Joy Zapata | Hairstylist |
| Cal DiValerio | Construction Coordinator |
| Mark Lapotsky | Greensman |
| Daniel Maltese | Set Designer |
| Don J. Bassman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Richard Overton | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jules Strasser | Boom Operator |
| Fred J. Brown | Special Sound Effects |
| Henry Millar | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Robert B. Harris | Costume Supervisor |
| Ken Runyon | Music Editor |
| Wayne Morris | Transportation Captain |
| Whitey Ellison | Transportation Coordinator |
| Marion Tumen | Script Supervisor |
| William D. Derham | Leadman |
| Bennie E. Dobbins | Second Unit Director, Stunts, Stunt Coordinator |
| Michael St. Hilaire | Camera Operator |
| Joseph F. Valentine | "B" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator |
| John Panzarella | Location Manager |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | Dolby Consultant |
| Matthew Weisman | Story |
| Larry Kostroff | Unit Production Manager |
| Ross Reynolds | Pilot |
| Douglas E. Madison | Property Master |
| Beau Marks | First Assistant Director |
| K.C. Colwell | Second Assistant Director |
| Tom Shaw Jr. | Assistant Property Master |
| David Q. Quick | Assistant Property Master |
| John M. Schenk | Assistant Property Master |
| Jaymes Hinkle | Painter |
| Craig Baron | Set Dresser |
| Douglas Forsmith | Set Dresser |
| Bob Ellis | Best Boy Electric |
| Edward R. Thompson Jr. | Best Boy Electric |
| Mark Averill | Dolly Grip |
| Dave Wachtman | Dolly Grip |
| John J. Linder | Key Grip |
| Douglas E. Beal | Second Assistant Camera |
| John Donnelly | Second Company Grip |
| Glad Pickering | ADR Editor |
| Kevin E. Carpenter | ADR Mixer |
| Vic Zaslav | ADR Recordist |
| Brent Johnson | Cableman |
| Evelyn Dutton | Foley Artist |
| Gail Ganley | Foley Artist |
| Margie O'Malley | Foley Artist |
| Gary Bolger | Foley Recordist |
| Donald F. Johnson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Kevin F. Cleary | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Richard Corwin | Sound Editor |
| Michael O'Corrigan | Sound Editor |
| William Hartman | Sound Editor |
| Pieter Hubbard | Sound Editor |
| David M. Ice | Sound Editor |
| Craig Heath | Sound Recordist |
| Hank Salerno | Supervising ADR Editor |
| David Gonzales | Casting Associate |
| Jim Green | Extras Casting |
| Carl Joy | Extras Casting |
| Kathie Gale | Costumer |
| Enid Harris | Costumer |
| Louis Infante | Costumer |
| Jack Hooper | Negative Cutter |
| Jay Gruska | Music Producer |
| Michael Tamburro | Pilot |
| Peter McKernan Sr. | Pilot |
| Herb Johnson | Pilot |
| Larry Hand | Production Accountant |
| Anthony Blake Brand | Production Assistant |
| Steve McNichols | Production Assistant |
| Richard Liebegott | Production Coordinator |
| Lisa Meechan | Production Secretary |
| Doug Hubbard | Special Effects |
| Gary L. King | Special Effects |
| Jay King | Special Effects |
| Roger Lifsey | Special Effects |
| Bill Mattox | Special Effects |
| Mike Millar | Special Effects |
| John Peyser | Special Effects |
| Brad Yacobian | Additional Second Assistant Director |
| Bruce DiValerio | Propmaker |
| William Boyd | Construction Foreman |
| Michelle Pleis | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Tim Webb | Sound Recordist |
| Robert W. King | Special Effects Manager |
| Alan G. Markowitz | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Jim Danforth | Matte Painter |
| Simone Boisseree | Stunts |
| May Boss | Stunts |
| Richard E. Butler | Stunts |
| Justin De Rosa | Stunts |
| Vince Deadrick Sr. | Stunts |
| Leon Delaney | Stunts |
| Stephanie Epper | Stunts |
| Diamond Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Buddy Gilyard | Stunts |
| Bob Harris | Stunts |
| Larry Holt | Stunts |
| Jeff Jensen | Stunts |
| Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Harold Jones | Stunts |
| Kimberly King | Stunts |
| William T. Lane | Stunts |
| Lane Leavitt | Stunts |
| David LeBell | Stunts |
| Tom Morga | Stunts |
| Larry Randles | Stunts |
| Rick Sawaya | Stunts |
| John Sherrod | Stunts |
| Frank James Sparks | Stunts |
| Ceci Vendrell | Stunts |
| Michael M. Vendrell | Fight Choreographer, Stunts, Martial Arts Choreographer |
| Greg Walker | Stunts |
| Rock A. Walker | Stunts |
| Jerry Wills | Stunts |
| Doc Elliot | Stunts |
| Tony Rivetti Sr. | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Ryne Niner | Camera Technician |
| Billy DaMota | Casting Assistant |
| Paul Anderson | Assistant Editor |
| Carrie Ellison | Assistant Editor |
| Joseph Guresky | Assistant Editor |
| Jim Passon | Color Timer |
| Howard Kunin | Supervising Editor |
| Robert C. Decker | Location Manager |
| George Parra | Assistant Location Manager |
| Michael Boddicker | Musician |
| Danny Goldberg | Music Consultant |
| Greig McRitchie | Orchestrator |
| Dan Wallin | Scoring Mixer |
| Ian Underwood | Musician |
| Tim Sisson | Driver |
| Ken Bellanca | Driver |
| Cary Kelley | Driver |
| David G. Todd | Generator Operator |
| Richard L. Thompson | Special Effects |
| Mark L. Lester | Director |
| Nikita Knatz | Production Illustrator |
| Peter McKernan Jr. | Pilot |
| Bruce Paul Barbour | Stunts |
| Jerry Brutsche | Stunts |
| Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Ralph Grierson | Musician |
| Andy Taylor | Songs |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joel Silver | Producer |
| Jeph Loeb | Associate Producer |
| Matthew Weisman | Associate Producer |
| Stephanie Brody | Associate Producer |
| Robert Kosberg | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 53 | 91 | 33 |
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Ruuz
6.0
Let the story, acting, stunt-work, script, cinematography, production value, and just about everything else all dribble away while you sit back and enjoy watching Arnie kill more than 80 antagonists in about 80 minutes. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._ ...
Jun 23, 2021
John Chard
7.0
I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry! Commando is directed by Mark L. Lester and written by Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman and Steven E. de Souza. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, James Olson, David Patrick Kelly, Alyssa Milano and ... Bill Duke. Music is by James Horner and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti. John Matrix (Schwarzenegger) is the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done. He is forced back into action when his young daughter (Milano) is kidnapped by kingpin criminal Arius (Hedaya) and his gang of thugs. They want Matrix to carry out an assassination, but all Matrix has on his mind is to save his daughter - he has half a day to do so before the thugs will kill her - so it's now a private war... After playing "Conan" and "The Terminator", Schwarzenegger slipped into a role that would prove to carry all the hallmarks of the big man's action movie career. Commando is awash with outrageous action, pure carnage and gruesome deaths, plenty of quippy one liners, and of course over the top villains. Clocking in at just 90 minutes in length, it's the perfect "leave the brain at the door" popcorn crowd pleaser. Chong gets a well written lead lady part, giving us a spunky heroine who evolves as the plot grows ever more chaotic, and young Milano gets to play a resourceful child character. High art it is not, but who cares if you want to just watch Arnie waylay a whole army on his own. Great fun. 7/10
May 16, 2024