![]() Lester stated that Wells was "the only one that could have played against him ". Vernon Wells was the first choice to be cast as Captain Bennett, mostly because of his role in Mad Max 2 (1981). ![]() de Souza rewrote the script, tailoring it to Schwarzenegger. Writer Jeph Loeb said his original script was about an Israeli soldier who had renounced violence. James Olson as Major General Franklin Kirby.Arnold Schwarzenegger as Colonel John Matrix.Kirby arrives with a military detachment and asks Matrix to rejoin the unit, but Matrix declines and departs the island aboard the seaplane with Jenny and Cindy, telling Kirby, "No chance." Matrix tracks them down, and after a lengthy fight, Matrix finally kills Bennett by impaling him with a steam pipe. Jenny escapes to the villa's basement but is eventually captured by Bennett. Matrix instructs Cindy to contact General Kirby and then proceeds to Arius's villa, killing Arius and his army. Cindy helps him escape by using a rocket launcher on the police car and after commandeering a seaplane from a nearby marina controlled by Arius, Matrix and Cindy land the plane off the coast of Arius' island hideout. Matrix breaks into a surplus store to equip himself with military weaponry but is arrested by the arriving police. Taking a motel key from Sully's jacket, Matrix tracks down and confronts Cooke, a former Green Beret in Arius' employ, and impales him on a table leg after a brutal fight.Īfterwards, Matrix and Cindy break into a warehouse owned by Arius that supplies weapons for his army and learn where Jenny is being held after tracing Arius' island base on a map of the coastal region. After a lengthy car chase, Matrix catches up with Sully and drops him off a cliff to his death. Cindy first assumes that Matrix is a madman, but after she sees Sully pull a gun on Matrix in the ensuing fight, she decides to assist him in his endeavor. He enlists the aid of an off-duty flight attendant, Cindy, and instructs her to follow Sully to a shopping mall. Knowing that Arius will kill Jenny, regardless of whether or not he does the job, and approximately 11 hours before the plane is scheduled to land, he sets out after another of Arius' men, Sully. After boarding a flight to Val Verde, Matrix manages to kill his guard and jumps from the plane just as it is taking off. With Jenny's life on the line, Matrix seemingly agrees to fulfill the demand. Arius blackmails Matrix into carrying out a political assassination in his home country of Val Verde, where he wishes to lead a military coup. ![]() He is taken before their commander, Arius, a former South American dictator Matrix removed from power. While trying to intercept them, Matrix is tranquillized and abducted by the mercenaries. Bennett attacks Matrix's secluded mountain home and kidnap his young daughter Jenny. ![]() Among the mercenaries is Bennett, an ex-member of Matrix's team discharged for excessive violence. In upstate California, former SF Colonel John Matrix is informed by his former superior Major General Franklin Kirby that all the other members of his former unit have been killed by unknown mercenaries. Two garbage collectors gun down a person with Ingram MAC-10s, a bald-headed tough steals a car from a dealership and runs over the dealer and a tugboat is blown up in the harbor. It was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Special Effects, but lost to Back to the Future. The film became a commercial success at the box office. The film's score was provided by James Horner.Ĭommando was released in the United States on October 4, 1985, where it received praise for the action sequences and humour. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role, alongside Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke and Dan Hedaya. 1.Commando is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by Mark L. RELATED: Terminator: Dark Fate - Schwarzenegger Explains Why His Model Agedĭirected by Tim Miller and produced by James Cameron, Terminator: Dark Fate stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Gabriel Luna, Natalia Reyes and Diego Boneta. And he said ‘what the f*** is the matter with you? Do you want to make money with this movie or an x-rated movie?’ I said ‘you’re right' and he said 'get the f*** out of my office.’” Needless to say, I was asked by the head of the studio, Larry Gordon to come to his office. He would throw a knife at me and after he missed, while his arm was still extended, I chop it off at the shoulder with a machete and beat him to death with it. "I wanted to cut off a guy’s arm and kill him with it," he revealed. "But let me share the scenes you didn’t see that I tried to get in." “As soon as I carried a thousand pound log with one arm I knew it was funny," Schwarzenegger replied. RELATED: Terminator: Dark Fate Teaser Trailer's Biggest & Most Thrilling Moments
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