Commando (1985) - 🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - First Time Watching/Movie Reaction & Review
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Commando isn't the best Arnold movie but it is the MOST Arnold movie.
Well put. 😆
Agreed 💯 percent.
Ah, Quantity over Quality, we meet again.
Gotta agree with you on that
It wouldn't even make my Arnold Top 5 but it is the one I quote the most and would recommend first.
COMMANDO is basically the distilled essence of all 80s action films combined into one quick series of explosions, boobs and one liners and it's amazing.
Tango and Cash is the most 80s... well, the most 80s ANTHING
Showdown in Little Tokyo, also.
Agree, but distilled is not a good word to describe it. Nothing about it is watered down lol
@@biggains1 perhaps concentrated 80s instead?
This, or "Night of the Comet"!
When Arnie is weaponing up, my wife had nearly the same reaction the first time she watched this film with me as Emily did. I believe her words were "Jesus Christ, my ovaries".
This movie is PINNACLE Arnold and 80’s action. Love it!
Full of 80s' Cheese,
and easy to audience-please!
Lots of fun with Schwarzenegger,
especially when he pulls the trigger!
"Sully" also had an important role in 48 Hrs and he was absolutely AWESOME in both The Warriors and The Crow.
He was also Charlie the cleanup guy in John Wick.
He was also in the TV show Twin Peaks
Dreamscape was a really good 1.
He was funny in Crooklyn.
"Warriors, come out to plaaay... Warriors come out TO PLAAAY-AAAY"
"He looks around like 'Who is playing da saxaphone?'" Lmao, caught me off guard so I almost choked on my dinner, and now I will never be able to watch this film without thinking exactly that, thanks Emily.🤣
I was 7 years old when this came out: watched it hundreds of times. I now have a new chuckle point for this movie. Thanks Emily! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired", has always been my favorite one-liner.
Let off some _steam_ .
Emily’s voice as Arnie was rowing. Priceless 😂
Yes I agree 👍💯
I'm glad Emily had a fun time watching this! It's full of action, humor, suspense, bullets, explosions, and many one liners!
And titties. Lol.
@@NWAWskeptic and Arnold's muscles. There's going to be Summ... You know ... Ummm ...
Yes I agree 👍💯
"The mansion used in the final shootout between Foley and Maitland (the former Harold Lloyd estate in Beverly Hills) is the same mansion seen in the final shootout between Matrix and Arius in Commando (1985). Coincidentally, both Foley and Matrix were trying to rescue somebody named Jenny in that mansion in their respective films."
In RUNNING MAN, after chainsawing one Chaser, Ahnold says "He had to split." In this one, holding the little guy over the cliff... what happened to him? "I let him go." The writers were stacking up these one-liners in his films.
And when he tells the other bloke to stick around
@@amandacogger3075 Isn't that one from Predator?
TRUE LIES: You're fired.
@@dirkvervecken4054 he did it with Bennett. No sorry your right, it was Predotor, he told Bennett to let off some steam! Can't believe I mixed them up lol
There's a legendary youtube video "The 160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes" with 28 million views.
It's amazing, never gets old.
Matt, you really should encourage Emily to loosen up, laugh, relax, have fun and come out of her shell, I just hate seeing her so lifeless and clearly miserable! lol
Seriously, great reaction as always you guys and can't wait for the next!
Yes I agree 👍💯
"Look at those GOT DANG MUSKLES!"
Only Arnold is capable of loosing her up lol
this movie is definition of an 10/10 action movie. And soundtrack so good
Bennett is played by Vernon "Wez" Wells, best known as the mohawk guy from Road Warrior. I ran into him at a con in Atlanta, he showed up at my table, leafed through my artwork, and in a very Aussie voice, said "You like drawing naked animal women?", I shrugged and said "It's a living.", which got a chuckle out of him.
That gearing up montage of Arnold packing on all his equipment is probably the most ultimate 1980s montage. I think both men and women watch that and get a little excited and emotional.😀
As a matter of fact this movie was such a big blockbuster in 1985. Everyone was expecting to see Arnold as a military renegade after playing Conan and the Terminator.
“He’s looking around like, who’s playing the saxophone?” Emily, that has to be one of the best comments on this movie ever.
17:27 the most testosterone-fueled suit-up scene in movie history. I think she almost had a heart attack 😂😂
For me, this film is the epitome of 80s action cinema. Whenever I see it again, my reaction is exactly like yours: having fun and laughing at the absurdities, the exaggerations, the catchphrases. One of my favorite Schwarzenegger movies!
That's why I always say that this may not be the best Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, but it is the movie that personifies the '80s at its finest.
YES!!!!! This movie is packed full of one liners!!
My God, this is a brilliant reaction, more fun than the film and the film is superb. Thank you for the laughs. "Jiggle for me." indeed... haha
Matt: “What do you know about Commando?”
What I was expecting: “It’s when you go without undies.” 🤣 🤣🤣
"Stick around" was Arnold's quip when he pinned someone to the wall in Predator. I love Emily's suggestion of "Pipe down, Bennett!" Although, "Let off some steam, Bennett!" is an all time classic.
I always thought the same thing. They should have had Judge Reinhold stand up in the middle of the gunfight and flash his badge and yell "FREEZE!!".
Cindy was played by Rae Dawn Chong, daughter of comedian Tommy Chong.
Alyssa Milano was playing Samantha Micelli on the sitcom 'Who's The Boss?" (1984- 1992) and had just wrapped the first season when she filmed this, her second film credit.
Vernon Wells who played Bennett, actually has played a villain that was genuinely terrifying...he was Wez in 'The Road Warrior' (or 'Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior') in 1981, a role he kinda revisited comedically in 'Weird Science' the same year 'Commando' came out. He described Bennett as "Freddy Mercury on steroids".
If you think Sully is creepy...have you two watched 'The Warriors' yet? David Patrick Kelly (Sully) plays the super-creepy Luther in 'The Warriors' (1979) having one of the most quotable lines in that movie. It's one of my favorite performances of his. He also does a really creepy turn in 'Dreamscape' from 1984, the second film with the PG-13 rating. 'Red Dawn' was the first one.
Oh...and the kill count...109 dead (102 killed by Ahhnold).
Vernon Wells, (Bennet), also played the villain Wez in "The Road Warrior".
Definitely waaaay better in the Mad Max universe...
He essentially rehashes his Road Warrior role in Weird Science.
And Ransik in Power Rangers Time Force.
And did a Wez cameo in "Weird Science", IIRC
Alyssa Milano said the part where she tickles Arnold was difficult because "there's nothing to tickle, it's like trying to tickle a rock".
Emily gushing over the gearing up scene 17:26 is the most entertaining thing I've seen on youtube for a long time! 🤣
Funny things...When Arnold says I eat Green Berets for breakfast...That was an inside joke.The joke was a reference to Rambo.Stallone and Arnold were Action star rivals in the 80s.There was a sequel in development and the sequel idea was DIE HARD.Arnolds character fights bad guys in a building.
Yep, the dig at Rambo was actually mentioned in the video.
The interesting thing is Rambo made green berets highly popular back then 😂 when in reality the Rambo character plays more in line with a Ranger than a Green Beret.
Emily gasping and giggling during the "arming up" scene is easily the most honest reaction to this movie that I've seen so far.
One of my favourite Movies as a wean, it's just pure 80's action shlock at its greatest complete with a memorable over the top villain.
I highly recommend Class Of 1999 made by the same director, and Action Jackson which is exactly like Commando in how over the top it gets.
Vernon Wells is a more convincing crazy in "the Road Warrior" (and subsequently in "Weird Science") I heartily recommend you watch and react to the original "Mad Max" (specifically the 2009 re-release with the original Aussie dialog restored, since it was awkwardly dubbed into more "American" sounding accents for its original release) and to "the Road Warrior."
Also, while they are 90s action rather than 80s, I still recommend "the Long Kiss Good Night" with Geena Davis (1996) and "the Last Boy Scout" with Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans (1991.)
For another gem in James Horner's movie score crown, consider "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980.) It was his third score, and arguably the one that made his career.
Vernon is great, but they made him look like Freddy Mercury in this movie for some reason.
Vernon was a last minute re-cast, they actually gave him the previous actor's costume. I think Vernon felt the movie was so slapdash and cheesy that he may not have been all that committed to it.
He was also the villain in a series of Power Rangers... just thought I'd throw that in too
“Talk about taking out the trash!” haha. If she shouted “GARBAGE DAY!” That would have been amazing 😂
I Captain Americaed that reference!
I love the way on the island he starts randomly exploding buildings without knowing which building his daughter is in.
A Commando always can reverse engineering what buildings the enemy would not set his daughter. 😂
Well, even with Sully's threat of the gang rape, he probably did not think she would be in the barracks buildings.....
Probably.
@@scotthewitt258 Sully said that? I think it was censored here.
@@MikhailSharma08 "Here. Have some beers in Val Verde, Matrix. It'll give everyone a little extra time with your daughter."
Rae Dawn Chong is great in this. I love her "I read the instructions!" line, I always quote it
Great in it? Idk lol.. kinda cheesy acting sorry lol.
Well, it's true. You have to make the instructions simple enough for Marines to understand...
So glad that Emily finally reacted to Commando!😃
Same here
Gene Simmons actually played bad guys in two other 80's flicks: Runaway (1984) with Tom Selleck and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986) with Rutger Hauer, so the premise isn't as silly as it sounds.
Still silly, just not AS silly.
You forgot about the movie with John Stamos, where he played a hermaphidite-transvestite. Mind you, it definitely wasn't the best, but Gene Simmons was the best thing about the movie.
Oh, I used to love Runaway!
@@jrny20 Not just a Hermaphrodite, but a Hermaphrodite Rockstar Super-Villain with their own Barbarian Army and who kills people with a weaponized Coke-Nail
@@weldonwin Yep, that's the one.
Runaway is sciFi terror classic. 💪🏾
Sky high body count, suiting up for action montage and a plethora of cheezy one liners is true 80s Arnie action glory.
Emily was on fire with her one-liners! This is one of my favorite 80s action movies. Arnold was looking HOT in this one🥰🥰🥰. Bennett always makes me think of Freddie Mercury as an actor.😁
I forgot how funny this one is. And without this, we never get the ridiculous parody in Hot Shots 2. Loved watching this with you all.
Her reaction to seeing the Arnold for the first time and getting in to the rubber raft priceless 😂 Yes Commando was the summation of 80s movies at its best.
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Tommy Chong's little girl holding the M202 FLASH backwards the first shot is so relatable.
I can totally see it happening to any random person not familiar with weapons.
Vernon Wells is great as the villain. He was also in the classic Road Warrior. He actually auditioned for the Angry Video Game Nerd movie and apparently didn't get the part.
He had an appearance in Weird Science as well.
and was a Power Ranger villain
no he wasn't, thats why he was a last minute hire.
Well...his contribution to the overall cheesy fun was precisely because he WASN'T great in it. He was kind of ridiculous, like much of the rest of the film.
@@bikingchupei2447 That's actually a myth. The supposed original actor, Wings Hauser, denies that he was ever cast on the film, and the director said that Vernon Wells was always intended for the part of Bennett.
"Listen so many people have died." and not ONE reload. This was so ripped to shreds in UHF.
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I'm so shocked at Emily with the eye candy and objectifying Arnold... And I loved every minute of it 😆
Same here
If Emily enjoyed the scantily-clad boat rowing then she's definitely going to enjoy the opening scene of Red Heat...
That movie surprised me for being much better than I had expected.
Actually, most Arnold movies did.
Except this one. Commando really is the dumb funny action movie you expect, and does even that well.
Rae Dawn Chong, Tommy Chong's daughter of Cheech and Chong is in this film. Bloopers... watch the yellow car get hit and then it looks new then beat up.
I once read that that was one of the most egregious errors ever committed to film. I can't disagree!
@@Chanteuse66 I was a background continuity error in the movie OLD DOGS - th-cam.com/video/bGGCaYkgC6k/w-d-xo.html
I'm the one with the briefcase at th-cam.com/video/bGGCaYkgC6k/w-d-xo.html
Then I am the commuter in the continuity error as follows: When Vicki is talking to Dan in Grand Central Station the same commuter walks by behind her twice in the same direction. 42 seconds and 55 seconds. Noted in IMDB.
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I always considered this to be one of the last pure action movies from Hollywood. There's no suspense here, this isn't an action-thriller. The first time we see Matrix, first we ar shown his muscles, then we see him carrying that huge log. His opponent has a porn mustache, and is wearing fake chain mail he probably knitted himself, which also can't entirely camouflage his belly. Was there ever any doubt who would win? And apart from Cooke, all of the other opponents died just so unceremoniously without even much of a fight. And yeah, they kidnapped his daughter, but that didn't help them one bit. Not for a moment was Matrix the underdog with the odds stacked against him. This is just pure unashamed action fanservice. And I love it!
On paper this should have been a terrible movie, but the director and cast very well understood what they were dealing with, went all the way and made it work. Objectively there's so much wrong with this movie, but the sheer enjoyment factor more than makes up for that, and not even in a "so bad that it's good"-way. It all feels very much intentional. And that's the problem with so many modern action flicks: they take themselves way too seriously.
Dont Forget about COBRA (stallone's movie) in 1986.. I think they were similar in many ways
@@wiggywil less iconic (and lacking a bit in the one-liner department), but still very enjoyable! And love the car Stallone is driving in that one...
It’s appropriate coz he made an action flick called the last action hero
Would love to see 'True Lies' make the list. Arnold, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Cameron. It's like the stars aligned for that film.
I love Commando I've probably watched more times than is good for my mental health. it's the perfect 80's action movie one liners, over the top villain's and bonkers action. I sum this movie up as shut up and enjoy the explosions. Here is a unless fact for you the 4 barrelled rocket launcher was a real military weapon used during Vietnam it was nominally a flame thrower as it launched an incendiary rocket . It was one of those weapons that worked but just wasn't worth the effort.
A quintessential 80's movie
Cindy was VERY well used in an action movie at a time when the two things a female usually did were being in distress or being a romantic interest.
She even had her own "action scene" with the M202. As well as being able to fly the plane to get to the island.
Bennett was chosen as the villain to go up against Arnold because of his role in The Road Warrior as Wez. He was a badass in that and also made an appearance as the same character in Weird Science. Another thing, Rae Dawn Chong (Cindy) is the daughter of Tommy Chong from Cheech & Chong fame. You might also remember Sully from The Warriors, Warriors come out and play. Since you mention Gene Simmons you should also react to Runaway 1984 and Wanted Dead or Alive 1987. Two great movies with Gene in them.
Also a bad guy/gal in "Never Too Young to Die", with John Stamos. I think it was called.
Emily got me in tears laughing... Her reaction to Arnold rowing 😂😂😂😂
I love that it was the "steam" scene before we got the patented "I'm done" look.
Bennett was a re-cast, IIRC.
That us why the "chain mail" t-shirt is so tight on him. The costumers supposedly did not have a chance to refit it to him.
"That's Twister!"
I mostly know him as "Game over, man! Game over!"
Everyone thought it was bad casting for Bennett but over the years you realise its actually complete genius and to make it better they dress him like Freddie Mercury 😂
HELL YEAH one of the ultimate Macho Man movies from the 80's.
That 4-barrel rocket launcher was the M202 Flash. It was designed to replace the flamethrowers used extensively in Vietnam, but the rockets had a dangerous habit of spontaneously igniting when loading. They also had a tendency to leak highly volatile liquids when left stored for long periods. By the time of this movie, that weapons system was considered obsolete.
The problems with it were highly ironic. Considering it was designed to be a "safer" replacement for flamethrowers. Which had a tendency to "ignite" operators when the fuel tank was shot into.
This isn't a great movie, but it's a honest movie. It promises muscles, explosions and fun, just that, not a super deep message, and that's exactly what it delivers. I wish all the movies did that.
Quite a decent and enjoyable popcorn movie.
Yes, that's what's missing from so many current movies. Way too many movies lack a sincerity and real trust in their own stories. Don't pretend that you have a deep meaningful story, and then at the same time chicken out of taking your own work serious.
If you want to make dumb cheesy actions movies, do that and go all in.
who knew a gearing up scene would give Emily the vapors?
I must have watched this movie over 20 times when I was a kid.
Me and friends had it recorded on VHS.
We would use the VHS slow motion to watch that sequence in the garden house where he scaps one enemy then cuts the arm of the other.
This is THE Arnie film. Everything you think of when you think of 80's action movies is here. Big guns, big explosions, one-liners, a little casual racism. It's the 80's cinema experience in one easy to watch package
The same stuntman who doubles Arnie for the swing across the shopping mall is the same stuntman who doubled Cybill Shephard for the ladder gag in the Moonlighting pilot; Bob Yerkes. He was a trapeze artist.
I loved The Terminator, but this is the movie that made me an Arnold fan.
a couple of recycled Terminator quotes, including the "Wrong" gun shot.
"Oh Bennett boy, the pipes the pipes are calling!"
Love this channel thank you Matthew and Emily for the laughs
Another fantastic reaction video! You guys have to get around to Chuck Norris' The Delta Force or the all time classic Top Gun!
Bennett was played by Vernon Wells who was the crazy biker in "The Road Warrior" ..
Another tidbit of information. Arnold helped Alyssa with her school work between scenes. According to Alyssa Milano, Arnold Schwarzenegger was very protective of her on set. "He even helped with my algebra homework."
Tidbit #2 Rae Dawn Chong "Cindy" is Tommy Chong (Cheech and Chong) daughter.
You totally missed the fact that Bill Duke (Cook)was also in Predator.
Net shirts were a thing in the 80s - everyone wore them.
I certainly did.
It's funny watching the reflection of the movie in your collectibles :)
"stick around" was actually arnold's one liner in Predator LOL
fun fact, the actress who played the woman that was helping arnold's character is rae dawn chong the daughter of chong from cheech and chong
Fun fact: the guy soldier who says to Bennett, "Cutting a little girl's throat is like cutting warm butter." Is the same one who loses his arm when Matrix chops his arm off with the Machete.
Emily’s reaction to the suit up 17:26 😂
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Sully screaming ooo la la down is the best
IIRC, that was an off the cuff improv by the actor.
They should serve some wine with these one-liners.
Greatest "Gear-Up Montage" EVER
The girl is Tommy Chong's daughter. Love your cat, Pippin. I have a gray cat named Gandalf. He's 18 now.
An Arnie one-liner extravaganza!
"Wires... they filled it full of wires". GOLD
lol Emily's such a connoisseur of one-liners
I remember that this movie was cut to pieces in Sweden when it was released in the 80's. I think it was just over one hour long. lol I remember, for example, that the scene with the pipe was gone, so you thought that Bennet died of the electrecution.
It's also funny how many mistakes this movie has. Some of them are really easy to spot, too.
The director asked Arnold to hold Sully's character on the edge of the precipice using no effect other than Schwarzenegger's own strength. The director thought that Arnold was a superhero and he couldn't help but laugh when they explained how they wanted to do the scene. Arnold clarified that this was physically impossible to do, since lifting 80kgs is not the same as holding them with an outstretched arm at the same height for the duration of the scene. That scene had to be re-planned to include the use of the crane and could not be shot when planned. Precisely in that same sequence one of the biggest raccor errors in the history of cinema occurred. Matrix and Cindy drive away from the place in a yellow Porsche recently left the dealership, when a moment ago they had destroyed it, turning it over.
If you're interested in reviewing something that so far only one other channel has done, please consider #Equilibrium.
It's a dystopian somewhat gun-fu sci-fi with Fahrenheit 451 vibes, starring Christian Bale.
I second Equilibrium.
Equilibrium is a kind of mix between the main dystopias stories, 1984, Farenheit 451 and Brave New World. Great movie.
I love how the budget being low for me makes it seem so much more realistic
I third this!
Rambo 2,3,4,5 A Knights Tale , Gray Man
The proper use, and safety of garden tools segment is the best.
"Why don't you pipe down?" would have been so good!
That reaction to Em’s ‘trash’ joke haha, love it 😂
That mall sure has a lot of security officers...with guns.
Well it was the 80s...
Vernon Wells, who plays Bennett, was best known back then as the mohawk-sporting main villain Wez in "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior". He was a terrific villain in that, but had very little dialogue, and I suspect that they cast him in "Commando" on the strength of his ability to make crazy faces.
Her Arnie thirst was hilarious
i love how they were able to get all the firepower, let alone a rocket launcher, at a surplus store
America… and you know it.
In California.....
@Absolutely wrong. Especially in California.
Emily: "I know Arnie's in it... That's all I know!"
Me: "That's all you need to know!!"