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Arnold had to do a lot of his own stunts (though the swinging in the Mall scene is clearly not him) because it was difficult to find a stunt performer who was his size, so when someone else is doing a stunt for him, it's very obvious.
A lot of people didn't like it but one of my personal fav Arnie movies was Last Action Hero, it is kinda a parody of action movies. Also his Conan and Red Sonja movies are worth a watch if you like some cheesy fantasy movies.
"Is this the most 80s movie that ever 80s?" Speaking as an official member of the *Gen-X Council* , I can say that it's definitely one of the most 80s movies to ever 80s. It really kicked Arnold's career into high gear and paved the way for every action movie he did after it. All of them are among the most 80s movies to 80s. After you've watched a bunch of other Arnold movies -- and _only_ after watching them -- try _The Last Action Hero_ . Once you've seen all the 80s movies that ever 80s, you'll get full enjoyment from _The Last Action Hero_ .
an "older millennial" myself, I always considered this to be the quintessential Arnold action movie, Conan, Terminator, and Predator are more *iconic* but one of those is fantasy and the other two are sci-fi, Commando is just straight-up action (excepting the many feats of low-key superhuman strength that our hero performs).
As a fellow Official Member of the Gen-X Council, I concur, and do declare that this is the Most 80s an Action Movie has ever been, allowing a possible exception for "Invasion U.S.A." with Chuck Norris.
There is one other movie that might out 80's this. It's not an action movie, well not exactly. "Into the Night", Jeff Goldblum & Michelle Pfeiffer. A little bit odd, but man what an '80's movie.
Excellent recommendation, Last Action Hero. Charles Dance and even a small part for Ian McKellen. Great soundtrack as well with ACDC, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Def Leppard, Aerosmith (and many more). I have it on both cassette and CD. As a fellower GenX myself (born in 1973), I agree, and you seem to have excellent taste, my friend.
From my impression, Sully yelled out, "You la-lied!" on his way down. Remember, Matrix promised to kill him last and he lied. Screaming to his death obscured his line.
“Don’t disturb my friend, he’s dead tired.” gotta love Arnie and his one liners. This movie is classic 80s action at its finest, you can’t ask for anything better.
FUN FACT ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER was supposed to play JOHN MATRIX in PREDATOR 1987 but they couldn't get permission to use this character so basically JOHN MATRIX is DUTCH & DUTCH is JOHN MATRIX just another glitch in the MATRIX 😂
Arnie was also supposed to play John Matrix in Die Hard but passed on the role because he didn't want to do sequels they even changed the name but he still passed
And Val Verde is the fictional country in which Predator is set. Though it's never mentioned in the movie, so it could easily have just been shoehorned in after the fact. Never believe "making of" stories.
The theatrical trailer reused Horner’s music from 48 Hrs where Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy tail David Patrick Kelly (Luther/Sully) from the parking garage to the BART subway.
"I've never heard a score like this!" James Horner uses a lot of steel drum in the 48 Hours score also. It has Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, so you're sure to enjoy 👍
James Horner has like 3 or 4 signature styles I've noticed. There's heavy action like 'Star Trek II' and 'Aliens', steel drum/sax music from this, '48 Hours' and 'Red Heat', the fantasy/adventure style of 'Willow', 'Krull' and 'Mask of Zorro' and the epic, serious stuff like 'Apollo 13' and 'Braveheart'. But you do see certain cues switch across these genres sometimes.
Yep,..and as the old man with cleaning crew in John Wick, but most famous for the movie The Warriors and his ..."come out and play-ay!"..delivery@@AdyXer
Rae Dawn Chong with a rocket launcher is next level. And the fact they had her shoot it backyard was precious. Made her an even better running mate. ------- Her addition in the movie gives that touch of humor and anixety the movie needed.
"There's lots of good puns in this!" Been a fan of Commando since before I ever watched it 😅 I had a teacher who would quote it often, in the obligatory Ahnald voice, and so many lines are forever stuck with me. Throw in so much 80s steel drum, Arnie at his one-liniest, and a great cast of villains - Bill Duke from Predator, David Patrick Kelly from The Warriors, Dan Hedaya from so much, and Vernon Wells from Road Warrior - makes for a fun action packed time.
Fun Fact! In this movie, the secondary villain is the former ruler of a fictional country called Val Verde who kidnaps Matrix's daughter to force him to kill Val Verde's President. Val Verde appears or is referenced in a number of other movies including Die Hard 2 where it's the home country General Ramon Esperanza (the movie's secondary villain) comes from.
I never realized how once Arnie lands its essentially an action version of a slasher movie. Arnie is Jason and there's not shit anyone can do about it. lol
HI JEN!! Yes that was BILL PAXTON. I just realized that myself, as I hadn't seen this in forever. His daughter was Allyssa Milano, and if you didn't know, the girl he teams up with is Rae Dawn Chong, daughter of TOMMY CHONG, from CHEECH AND CHONG.
Doesn't get much better that watching Jen having a blast enjoying those epic explosions 💥💥 and all the cheesy puns ofcourse 😀 this reaction is a belter 👌
A pure, hardcore action extravaganza. From Joel Silver, producer of legendary franchises, Lethal Weapon and The Matrix. Arnold's next iconic role after The Terminator and 1 of 2 films he did in 1985. Alyssa Milano's (Jenny) made this movie while on the sitcom, 'Who's The Boss". The beginning of Arnold in quinessential action mode and defining his legacy for the genre. Plenty of shoot outs without reloading, outlandish explosions, unbelievable kills and one liners galore. Arnold was friends and rivals with fellow icon Sly Stallone. They always tried to outdo each other. Same year, Sly was in Rambo:First Blood part II and Arnold was in Commando. The CONTRA video game series by Konami was influenced by both with the characters resembling John Matrix & John Rambo. RIP to Bill Paxton (Intercept Officer) and composer James Horner. 2 other good films from director Mark Lester is Stephen King's Firestarter (1984) with Drew Barrymore and Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) with Dolph Lundgren & Brandon Lee.
The shopping mall (Sherman Oaks Galleria) used is the same one that was used in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), also starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The mansion used in the final shootout between Matrix and Arius (the former Harold Lloyd estate in Beverly Hills) is the same mansion seen in the final shootout between Axel Foley and Victor Maitland in Beverly Hills Cop (1984). Coincidentally, both Matrix and Foley were trying to rescue somebody named Jenny in that mansion in their respective films. Even with blanks in his gun, Dan Hedaya was afraid to shoot.Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty, Elisabeth Shue, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly and Patricia Arquette all auditioned for the role of Jenny.
Oh my God, I love this movie so much. I almost have it memorized line for line because there are so many one liners in it. And Bennett is awesome! Thank you so much for watching this.
Arguably Arnold's finest hour outside the first 2 Terminator films. Showcases his skills for action & comedy with so many great action sequences and puns galore ("You're a funny guy, Sully - I like you ....that's why I'm going to kill you last..." Yep you've seen Bill Duke - the bald black bad guy - who was in PREDATOR as one of Arnie's team & Dan Hedaya as the villain (best known for being the dad in CLUELESS and the villain in the Coen Bros'. first hit BLOOD SIMPLE) and yep that was Bill Paxton. I knew you'd love this :D
"Bennet got a Super Mario Mushroom power-up from that electric shock". I saw this comment once and I laughed, real much. Bennet does go wild(er) after the electric shock and seems to have double the energy / power. Thank you Jen for another, as always, great reaction 🙂
Hi, Jen! I can't watch an Arnold movie without recalling the hilarious Simpsons "McBain" parodies. In one, McBain bursts out of an ice sculpture and quips, "Ice to see you," before gunning everyone down.
@@44excaliburThe weight isn't the issue. Arnie is perfectly capable of lifting Kelly's weight. What he can't do is hold it out from his center of balance. To stay upright, he'd have to lean so far back that Kelly's face would be resting on his shins.
They filmed the final scenes in my hometown. We went to watch when they burned the village down. It’s now called William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach.
Greetings from Sweden. Seen this countless times since I was a kid. Never gets old. This film is what we like to call "mindless fun". 80´s movies just can´t be replicated. Fun fact: There was a Commando 2 in the making. It made a bit of sidestep and became a thing of its own. That movie was Die Hard and made Bruce Willis an actionstar.
When I was a kid, my family used to go up north to my grandparents cottage that was built on a sand dune that was a stones throw away from Lake Michigan, and my grandpa had some VHS tapes, and we would always watch Commando, Romancing the Stone, Beverly Hills Cop, Crocodile Dundee, Ernest Goes to Camp, and various Clint Eastwood Westerns... So watching this reaction brought back so many fond memories! 😊
Hi Jen. 31:35 "Is this the most 80s movie that ever 80s?!" Hell yes! Always loved this movie. To this day I still quote this movie to friends and coworkers, and they always know what I'm talking about. Great reaction Jen. Take care
Nah, they still exist. You just aren't cool enough to know about them. You have to be ex Green Force SEAL Beret Team Recon to get told which shops have them and which don't. Steven Seagal for example, has the whole network in his mind...
Great reaction, Jen, I really like this Arnie film. Others of his which I recommend are: 'Red Heat', 'Twins', 'Conan The Barbarian', 'Conan The Destroyer', 'Raw Deal', 'End of Days' (A good one for Halloween). There are plenty of others but these are good ones to continue with.
Hi Adam 👋 I think Jen did Total Recall. And kindergarten Cop also. If you have not seen those, I do recommend them. Your driving today, was it to audition?
@@e.d.2096 I was travelling back after staying overnight following a film premiere which I was at, Eric. Thanks for the 'heads up' on the Arnie films that Jen has reacted to, I can't remember them, but I've more than likely watched her reaction to them, but I'll check to be sure, thank you. How are things going with you, Eric?
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Everything fine on my end Adam. Its got to be very late or very early where you are. I won't keep you with chit-chat. See you soon 😊
This is indeed the most 80s movie. Perfect in every way. Steel drums, totally in love with Arnold's physique, great unhinged villain, and just insane action throughout. One liners thrown around like poker chips. In MAD magazine at the time (or maybe Cracked), they spoofed the movie and the end he gets to his daughter's room and found out she totally saved herself and she didn't need him!
Eraser is another Schwarzenegger classic. Then there's "Twins" with Danny Devito. "Red Sonya" & The Konan movies, the sequel Konan The Destroyer is a bit cheesy, but The Barbarian (the first one) you might enjoy 😊😅
Classic 80s Arnie style movie! It never gets old for me all the one liners, action and man himself. I can't think of anyone more fitting for the John Matrix role. Thanks Jen!
He is the Incredible Hulk in this movie. You know how all action movies build off eachother? He is better than the terminator! He jumped out of a plane, I believe they go like 200 mph for takeoff. He lands in water and is fine. Rips a car seat out. Those are bolted in. Lifts a grown man inside a phone booth and tosses it. Took on like 6 or 8 men at once and threw them all off hulk style. When he held Sully over a cliff with ONE ARM! they had to use A CRANE because the weight is out of balance- no one can do that. He breaks a padlock off a chain with his bare hand… the force it would take to impale someone on a table leg like that would have to be tremendous.
True story. He almost did get casted for The Incredible Hulk TV series. Arnold and Lou Ferrigno were good friends in the bodybuilding game. Arnold did the audition. But his body was deemed too large to play the part.
That’s awesome 😎 but no one could do any of this stuff in real life! Nonetheless it’s one of my favorite action movies of all time. It’s the ultimate toxic male-fantasy. He kills about 50 men who really didn’t do anything to Arnie (right?) to save his daughter/ with his shirt off at the end, MUSCLES THROBBING! 😍 I forgot one thing. He was shot in the arm at the end and got NO MEDICAL ATTENTION! It’s the best 😅
Classic action mayhem. The car chase with the Porsche, when he puts the car back on its wheels there is no damage even though it was scrapped and dented before.
I love watching ladies watching these crazy 80s action movies. Somewhere in the action, most ladies say all say, "They're messing up a nice house". I love your commentary, Miss Jen. You make the movies even better and more fun. I fell out of my seat when you mentioned, "It's not an 80s movie without boobs". Thanks for all the joy you bring every time, and all your hard work (your team too).
OMG you did Commando !!!!! My cousin handed down his Commando poster to me in the early 90’s . I have cherished it like the mona Lisa ever since. One of my favourite Arnold’s of all time.
My favorite classic 80s action movie, it's so over the top, especially on the island. It's like a video game. Vernon Wells plays such a memorable crazy villain.
The fictional country of Valverde is also the same place as the jungle in Predator and the main villain from Die Hard 2 was from Valverde. There was a Commando 2 but Arnold was bored with the script and quit. It was about Matrix saving his daughter from terrorists being held in a skyscraper. When Arnie quit they changed the name to John McClane and the daughter to his wife and it was renamed Die Hard.
This is really the movie that cemented Arnie as an action hero. I never tire of this movie. You said it best, this movie knows exactly what it is and really set up Arnold's style going forward.
😄 I saw this when it first came out back in 1985. When she asked him where Sully was and he answered, "I Let Him Go," Just about everybody in the entire theater yelled out a collective "Ba-Da-Boom!" 😜 I highly recommend watching "Red Heat" (1988), for the sheer weirdness of listening to a guy with a thick Austrian accent attempting to approximate a Russian one. 🥸👍
Good Afternoon Jen💝and Thank You for finally watching the Movie that made 'Arnie' into the Ultimate-Action Hero that We All Know-&-Love Him as today!👍Alyssa Milano is only 10 years older than Me🥰and I've been Crushing on Her ever since I was 3!
"You must change course, or you risk being shot down". That is Bill Paxton. He was also one of the punks in the beginning of "The Terminator". Later, he co-starred with Arnold in a bigger role in "True Lies". Arnold showed loyalty when he became a big movie star, and brought many along with him. Bill went on to star in many big films including "Aliens" with Sigourney Weaver, "Edge of Tomorrow" with Tom Cruise, and "Twister". R.I.P.
I am blown away but the level of 80'S cheese here ! 😆 This was meant as Arnold's way to one -up RAMBO 2 and i think he succeeds well , the movie obviously knows what it is just meant to be a great popcorn action flick . Alyssa Milano does a great job as the daughter , Rae Dawn Chong goes from being baffled by all this to being a strong supporting character . And Vernon Wells [Aussie Freddie Merury 😆] is suitably over the top as Bennett i needed to get pumped up with 80 action cheese today !! 💪 CHEERS FOR THIS JEN !! 💯
There is no sequel. Not sure if one was planned but even so, after Conan the Destroyer was ridiculed, Arnold refused to do sequels. It really affected him. That is why he was not in Predator 2. James Cameron changed his mind for T2 however.
Fun facts: the stewardess is the actress who played Teela in the "masters of the universe" movie. -Sully is best known for his role as the coked out guy with the 3 beer bottles on his fingers, in "the Warriors". -Rae Dawn Chong is the daughter of Tommy Chong!
Fun movie that never tries to be to serious, just great story and action. The lady that helps him is the daughter of Chong from Cheech and Chong. She made a few other movies but this one is probably the one most people remember her in. Great reaction Jen, it is so cool how much you get into these movies.
Another fun reaction! Thanks. A fabulous Arnold action movie that reactors don't seem to have discovered in "Eraser" in which he plays an agent with the Witness Protection Program.
- Vernon Wells who played Bennet is best known for Wez in The Road Warrior (or Mad Max 2). He was the crazy villain with the mohawk. He described Bennet's look as "Freddie Mercury on steroids." - General Kirby was played by James Olson who was a fairly popular actor in the late 60s and 1970s in films and television. This was one of his last big screen appearances, having been in a few big films like The Andromeda Strain, Rachel Rachel, and Ragtime. - Rae Dawn Chong, who played Cindy, is the daughter of Tommy Chong, of the comedy duo Cheech and Chong. She was most recently in the AMC series Interview With the Vampire. When she auditioned for the role in COmmando, she nailed it and was offered her role on the spot. She took it knowing that, with Arnie, it would be a big hit. - Dan Hedaya, who played Presidente Arius, ought to look very familiar. He is one of those actors who just turns up everywhere! He was Alicia Silverstone's father in Clueless, he was also in movies like The Usual Suspects, To Die For, Nixon, In & Out, The Addams Family, and many other along with a ton of TV series appearances. - Sully was played by David Patrick Kelly, who is another character actor who has done everything. His first screen role was in The Warriors in 1979 as Luther, and he basically steals every scene he is in. The moment he has small glass beer bottles on his fingers, clinking them together, and creepily saying, "Warriors...Come out and play-ay!" is still one of the legendary moments from that film. He was Charlie in the John Wick films, T-Bird in The Crow, and many other films and TV appearances make up his resume. - There was a love scene for Matrix and Cindy, but it was cut because it was deemed unconvincing.
I'm glad you had fun with this movie Jen. Keeping with the 80's vibe and (of course) the wonderful 80s music and the one-liners as well, you MUST watch the movie Cobra (1986) starring and written by Sylvester Stallone! Cobra came out a year after Rocky IV and also stars Stallone's then-wife Brigitte Nielsen (who played the wife of Drago in Rocky IV). The general consensus would be that Cobra lacks even a decent story line but don't let that stop you from having fun again with another 80's flick. Some of Stallone's one-liners even match Arnold's one-liners in my opinion, "Go ahead, I don't shop here" being one of them, haha. You'll see :) Please consider it Jen. If not, no worries, I'll keep watching, you're the best!
Schwarzenegger and Stallone were the open rivals for top 80s action star, but there was a third who was a worthy contender: Rutger Hauer. He was the villain in a Stallone movie, “Nighthawks,” then came “Blade Runner,” “The Osterman Weekend” (a thriller based on a novel by the same guy who created Jason Bourne), “Ladyhawke,” “Wanted: Dead or Alive” (which has Gene Simmons as the villain, and an Arnold-worthy ending line by Hauer), and “Blind Fury.”
All the 80s henchmen were in this movie. "Action Jackson" starring Carl Weathers has most of these guys. Carl Weathers, of course co-starred with Arnold in Predator.
