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Commando (1985)

Commando poster
Directed by
Mark L. Lester
Genre
action film, war film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3,175 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A retired Army commando's daughter is kidnapped by men from his past. He fights his way through enemies to get her back.

high-energyfast-pacedexplosivetensecheesymuscularangry

What happens

Commando is a 1985 American action film directed by Mark L. Lester and produced by Joel Silver. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rae Dawn Chong and follows the retired United States Army Special Forces colonel who attempts to find his abducted daughter at the hands of his former subordinates. The musical score was composed by James Horner. Commando was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on October 4, 1985, where it received praise for the action sequences and humor. The film became a commercial success at the box office and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Special Effects, but lost to Back to the Future. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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