Commando (1985) - MOVIE REACTION - First Time Watching 

Some of his one-liners like this one are just priceless!

“I’ll be back, Bennett.” “Cmon Bennett, Let’s Party!” “I’m not gonna shoot you between the eyes, John…gonna shoot you between the balls!” - Bennett😂

It can't be easy to shoot someone between the balls, that would take great skill.

NC: I also would’ve accepted, “I’m so steaming, man.”. Ugh… good night.

@SCARFACE - a classic quote. But also with Vernon George Wells as Bennett. The same guy from Mad Max 2, Innerspace and MacGyver... Much respect there. One of those "background actors" that you sometimes see in the movies, sort of = you know the face, but you don't know their names.

@Chris Miller now that you mention it the overblown action does make it veer off into comic territory 😅 and yes one of those flicks that can lift my spirits have to drop the remote when it's on! CHEERS mate .

Spotting all the same stuntmen at the end wearing different wigs and moustaches is fun.

@@o0pinkdino0o Also the string holding up Sully

@@ChrisMillerCrazyHouse I'm glad someone else spotted that !😅 i think even the G I joe cartoon had more reality than this in some scenes , but still it's 80'S action and you gotta love it !

Commando is a great, mindless entertainment type of movie.

Cindy is awesome. Almost up there with Sarah Connor and Ripley!

Kudos for them also not making her a love interest, at least not explicitly

I love the part where Arnold and Bill Duke start slugging it out in that tiny motel room and Rae Dawn Chong hides in a corner and basically starts riffing on the movie. "I don't believe this macho bullshit!" "These guys eat too much red meat!"

Eh, nothing against the actress, but her lines in this film feel phoned in. Like listen to how she says "NO!" at 16:37. Seriously, Wonder Woman's "Kal-El, no!!!" feel more legit, then hers.

She's the daughter of Tommy Chong.

Vernon Wells’ other iconic role was Wez in Mad Max 2, where his SM leather and red Mohawk was even more radical than his chain mail in Commando😂

The fact that Arnie took his martial arts training so seriously that he achieved the equivalent of a second-degree black belt doesn't surprise me at all. For a person who was Mr. Universe and went on to be an accomplished actor who couldn't understand his English lines in his first starring role, and then on to become the Governor of California, and on to be a champion for the mentally challenged, why, you could tell me that he designed a machine to cure cancer, end world hunger and reverse the aging process and I wouldn't doubt it one bit. It takes a superior internal drive, commitment to the betterment of one's self and a humble grasp of identity to do all the things that he has achieved in his life. Arnie is a 100% class act! Best to you-

His knitted wool 'chainmail' 😆

@@stuartwesthall he looked like the Biker in Village People😆

Nobody can get a 2nd degree black belt in less than 3-4years unless it’s a Micky mouse black belt 😂😂😂

lol it honestly didn't even click. I always thought "commando" meant going without undies lmao😂

@@LoveLaurenn 🤣👌🏼✌🏼

I remember MAD Magazine did a hilarious spoof with the cover title “Commandork” and had the tagline “Somewhere, somehow, someone is gonna pay for this movie”😂

I'm a fan of the one-liners lol I find it comical😄Another great 80s film, loved it! Thanks for the kind words Dan and thank you for watching🙏

Last Action Hero was one of the first major, mainstream movies to dive into what we now call "meta" storytelling, and man, people were NOT ready for it. Going back and watching it now, it's brilliant what they were doing, but Boomer movie critics were just so confused.

@@wolfofthewest8019 Yeah, the movie came ahead of its time.

@@wolfofthewest8019 The film also had a rocky production. The studio head, Mark Canton, rushed it without allowing any time to do proper reshoots and editing because he thought he could beat *Jurassic Park,* and even test-screened an unfinished version of rhe film. There was no way to avoid bad buzz under those circumstances.

Yeah, Last Action Hero is awesome, it's was a satire on the state of action movies at that time lampooning all the tropes of a typical Arnie style blockbuster

I really should watch "Last Action Hero" again. It was pitted against "Jurassic Park" in a competitive way, and why not what with Schwarzenegger coming off "Terminator 2." I wanted to like it; it appeared to have all the ingredients I wanted with Schwarzenegger, big action scenes, and John McTiernan as director. I don't think I have seen it since.

Loved that scene with Sully, thought it was hilarious. He just held him there like a little rag doll😂Glad you like my Arnie impressions lmao Thanks awakeee

She has such an evil laugther at that moment. Hahaha...

Absolutely, The Running Man is great, definitely one to check out.

Isn't that the one movie that, like the movie Battle Royale, got its inspiration from the book "The Hunger Games?" ;) EDIT: I forgot about online trolls... (YES I WAS BEING SARCASTIC) The Running Man isn't perfect, but it's an awesome flick to watch and I'd love to see the LoveLaurenn take on it. Best to you-

@@martinboyle9163 gotta love the 80s cheese, mixed with some brutal action.😂👍

@@opiejaye hope she does. I'm guessing she'll love it.

He was also in Dreamscape, The Crow and another great Walter Hill flick, 48hrs😎

@@nickchang5293 His character in Dreamscape is one of my favorite villains of all time. He's such a detestable little creep in that movie, it's glorious. He's also got a small part in Twin Peaks. He comes back in Twin Peaks: The Return for one of the more absurd subplots.

Fun fact: David Patrick Kelly was ALSO in the FMV adventure game from 1996, Ripper, as Joey Falconetti. A cyberpunk thriller set in 2040 about a futuristic Jack the Ripper who kills people through cyberspace. It also had Christopher Walken, Karen Allen, John Rhys-Davies, and Burgess Meredith. My mother and I both played it.

That is the mark of a GREAT actor! When a guy with the humble, accessible and likeable golden personality of David Patrick Kelly makes you want to take a shower to clean the muck off after watching him perform as a villain! Best to you-

It was the 2nd movie where he says “I’ll be back” and again in “The Running Man”, then it became his signature catch phrase since.😎

@@nickchang5293 my favorite is when he kills the guy on the plane and says don't bother him he's DEAD tired

And Cooke in Commando reincarnated as Mac in Predator lol.

@@nickchang5293 Mac was Cooke's twin brother 😉😂

Bill Duke also directed the film Deep Cover. Very talented and imposing fellow😎

@@nickchang5293 Yeah! I noticed that in Commando he looked taller than Arnold.

@@FutureBoy85 he’s 2 inches taller than Arnie

Love this movie too saw it on tbs in 1998 I was 14 at the time 💛

I watched this movie so much as a kid that I have a lot of the movie’s dialogue completely memorized.

@@1massboy crazy how that stuff sticks in your head after all these year's.

@@mikesilva3868 shame they never did a follow up to it. I'd have liked to see that.

Thanks for sharing that memory Retro man! I didn't even realize that jenny was alyssa milano til afterwards when I looked up the cast! I was like wait WHAT!? lol Was a great movie, loved it. Thanks for watching😄

I’m very disappointed that TL isn’t on Blu-ray☹️

It is... though finding out what happened to Eliza Dushku during the making of it has really soured my enjoyment of it to the point I can't watch it again.

@@carn9507 I can't really blame the film. She didn't tell anyone and only talked about it many years later. I remember Cameron saying when he found out that if he knew then there would have been no mercy for the guy and he would have done everything he could to make sure his life was over.

@@richardb6260 Dushku says she did tell someone. "She confided to an adult female friend, who then allegedly confronted Kramer on the set. Dushku said that she then broke ribs in a stunt that went awry, calling it “no small coincidence”. She said Kramer “was responsible for my safety” on the film." "Minors must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian during production, but Sue Booth-Forbes, who was Dushku’s guardian on the set, says that she had failed to protect the child actor. Booth-Forbes told Variety and Deadline that Dushku is “telling the truth,” and said she reported what she called Kramer’s “inappropriate sexual behaviour” at the time to “a person of authority” and that no action was taken. She did not identify the person to whom she reported the alleged incident. "

So you mention 2 "musicals"... and Conan... but not Conan the Barbarian the musical? :P

@@marcusott5054 Yep. there's one of those too. Just search RU-vid for them. They are as hilarious as Honest Trailers and Bad Lip Reading.

Some refer to it as the oo la la scream!!! It kinda sounds like he says it as he falls

@@STILuVa yeah I even thought of what to use for the actual spelling for his falling so I went with the simple “ahh” part

They also had to hang sully in a harness over that cliff, even though he’s a small dude he’s still too heavy to hold like that.

You might be able to carry a pine log like that simply by balancing it on your shoulder, but the sheer physics of the momentum of the wood when turning would make it difficult. Body builders aren't necessarily strong, as their weight lifting is to shape muscles rather than build strength. Look at weightlifters.

😂😂😂love that

Exactly! Just like how claymore mines have "front toward enemy" written on them. Not every soldier is the brightest crayon in the box, and it never hurts to give the instructions a second glance... Best to you-

His nickname back then was The Austrian Oak😎

The differences between bodybuilder (which Arnie is) and strongmen are staggering. Not to say bodybuilders aren't stronger than average because they totally are. But strongmen are in a whole other league.

He was great baddies in The Warriors, Dreamscape and The Crow

I also love his cameo in Weird Science.”

Chuck Norris also did it in his MIA flicks but he wielded his M60 with both arms, since he wasn’t as buff as Arnie or Stallone😅

When I was in in boot camp in 1987 the ability to shoot an M60 from the hip was laughably discussed by the sergeant instructors for US Weapons. I also remember sometime around that day being called into the senior drill sergeant's refreshingly cool air-conditioned office, where he was giving myself and a few other nobody privates the low-down on the next morning's detail we were assigned to do. "Invasion USA" was playing on his office television. It was at the end of the movie when Chuck Norris brings out his light anti-tank weapon and shoots it from the hip and blows the villain, Klaus Kinski, somewhere into next week. I distinctly remember my sergeant's redneck-accented, post-Vietnam voice as we all watched that movie's segment in totality, "Was that the correct deployment of an M72 LAW, privates?" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VdWhkdyl9bY.html "NO SERGEANT!" Remembering that brings a smile to my face even to this day... Best to you-

Funniest thing about recoil in this movie is that when Rae Dawn Chong fires the rocket the wrong way it has no effect on her, but when she fires correctly she gets dumped on her kiester...

@@dezzconnor8360 her recoil was for comedic affect. Rocket launchers, even a quad-barrel, are recoilless.😆

Weee I'm so glad to read that Duncan😄My journey is definitely not over, I plan to watch more Arnie movies in the future. I'm becoming a big fan of him as time goes on. I look forward to seeing his other films😀Thanks for watching Duncan

@@LoveLaurenn I hope True Lies is coming up soon!

Great tip for an entertaining Film! It was a nice surprise when I reluctantly watched it for the first time. Good role for Banderas and the supporting cast is great as well. Banderas allways brings an interesting energy in most of his roles, like being the only good thing in Expendables 3 for instance!

Thank you Kevin! Glad to read you loved my reaction😊Thanks for sharing your experience with the film! I will definitely consider watching the Rambo films I hear they are packed with action so I think it's right up my alley. Thanks for watching😄

@@LoveLaurenn Hell yeah i definitely enjoyed your reaction it was awesome. Gotta love arnold i mean this was back in his prime and he used to be a real body builder in the early 70"s. I personally subscribed to your channel and would love to see more of your videos. You are awesome

My dad and I watched Rambo 2 and Commando together in Theaters, because I wasn’t old enough then to go into an R movie by myself. He liked Rambo a lot more because it had higher production values and more serious tone, so he called Commando a cheap Rambo knock-off lol. That was actually the reason why I liked Commando more, so I watched it again with my friend and his parents in a theater a week later, and many times on VHS, DVD and HD since.😁

She's just lucky it didn't hit the side of the police van or she would have killed everyone inside. Guess she didn't think about that before she fired something DESIGNED to be used against light vehicles. It also wasn't an RPG.

@@jeffburnham6611 Hey, it's better to be lucky than good. Ha

... And then they made a satire of this movie called: ''The Last Action Hero'' (1993) 😅👍

The latest rage seems to be calling everything from the '80s cheesy.. Cheesy: adjective. If you describe something as cheesy, you mean that it is cheap, unpleasant, or insincere. This movie isn't low budget, it's rather entertaining not unpleasant and it has tongue-in-cheek humor - not insincere at all. I don't see how it is cheesy.

@@PinnaclePete yea cheese has kinda lost its meaning...

THAT IS A REACTION I WAIT FOR !

Interesting fact, that guy who got his arm lopped off has been in soooooo many cool action flicks. Running man, one of the robocops, raw deal just to name a few. I think he was also a stunt man

That car was the daughter of a 1958 Plymouth Fury.

That's not a bad idea lmao I may have to do a compilation of my impressions of Arnie I think it would be silly😂Thanks for sharing your experience and love of this film! I definitely enjoyed it too, even the cheesy one-liners--I enjoyed that the most actually🤣

Isn't THAT the truth! Best to you-