1985 · action
Commando
Directed by Mark L. Lester1h 30m1985
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.
Our read: Commando (1985) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- intense
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