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Commando (1985)
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Commando is a 1985 action film directed by Mark L. Lester, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in his most unintentionally homoerotic work, topping the close second of Predator, and offering the first display of Schwarzenegger's distinctive tongue-in-cheek film humor (as opposed to Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator, who were both The Stoic). The movie's supporting cast includes Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, James Olson, and David Patrick Kelly.Commando tells the story of John Matrix (Arnie), a retired special forces colonel whose young daughter (Milano) is kidnapped. To get her back, Matrix must assassinate the president of the fictional South American country of Val Verde, at the behest of The Generalissimo whom he deposed. Naturally, he simply decides to ignore these demands and, in true Papa Wolf fashion, sets out to kill them all and rescue her instead.In 2008, a Russian remake of the movie was released called "День Д" (D-Day), starring Russian superstar Mikhail Porechenkov in the lead role as former paratrooper Ivan*which is the Russian equivalent of "John". Roughly 80% of the movie is a shot-for-shot recreation of the original version, though some scenes were altered to better match both the updated time period and Russian culture *specifically, the chase against the Sully stand-in happens while he is enjoying himself at a water park instead of a mall so he has a plausible reason to not have a cell phone on him, and Ivan obtains his guns from a secret stash instead of breaking into a military surplus store due to heavy Russian restrictions on private firearms ownership. The final fight against not!Bennett is also quite different from the original.Not to Be Confused with the long-running British Comic Book Commando, which is a little more sedate in its overall narrative. Does not involve Going Commando, either. Or the Capcom arcade/console gamenote Known as "Senjou no Ookami" (officially translated as "Wolf of the Battlefield") in Japan., for that matter (or its bionic counterpartnote Which is known as "Top Secret" in Japan.). | |
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Artistic License – Gun Safety | |
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Artistic License – Gun Safety: Averted when Matrix is shown to store his firearms in a proper gunsafe, not hidden around the house as usual in action movies. The fact that he has a child no doubt has a lot to do with this. (Dramaturgically speaking, it also gives Matrix a plausible plot reason to leave her alone while he rushes to get a weapon.) Played straight with Cindy who despite claiming to have read the instructions on the M202 Flash rocket launcher fires it backwards before using it to free Matrix from police custody. Not quite gun safety, but Matrix later straps M67 grenades to his vest when gearing up to assault Arius' compound. The dangerous thing is that he strings the grenades to his vest by looping paracord through the grenade pins. As anybody with any sense will tell you, this is the worst way to carry grenades on a vest; grenades have some weight, and they're swinging around on a vest; all it takes is one harsh impact or movement and the grenades can dislodge and fall to the ground as live explosives, leaving their pins behind. When Bennett is down to his micro-Uzi, he racks the bolt with his finger on the trigger. Though knowing how Ax-Crazy Bennett is, this isn't too far out of character. | |
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Retired Badass | |
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Retired Badass: Matrix is a retired special forces soldier. | |
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You | |
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Sully tries to invoke this during the High-Altitude Interrogation, saying Matrix needs him to find his daughter. When Matrix presses him, Sully then admits he doesn't know exactly where she is, but Cooke does and that he'll take him where he's supposed to meet him next. Unfortunately for him, Matrix already found the Plot Coupon on Sully that tells him where that would be. Sully is left whimpering even before Matrix reminds him about the whole You Will Be Spared speech and saying I Lied. | |
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Dragon-in-Chief | |
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Dragon-in-Chief: As quoted above, Bennett claims (correctly) that he's a bigger threat to John than Arius' and his army. | |
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Hilarity Ensues: From this point on in the film, it's all a barrel of laughs: | |
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Villain Opening Scene | |
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Villain Opening Scene: Before we are introduced to Matrix, we see Cooke and Diaz murdering several of Matrix's friends, including Bennett, the last of which is revealed to have faked his death to do a Face–Heel Turn. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: "Commando" is Matrix's radio call sign. | |
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Enemies Equals Greatness | |
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Enemies Equals Greatness: When Matrix asks Kirby who has been killing his men, Kirby points out that it could be anybody due to the fact that Matrix has made enemies all over the world. A few possibilities that Kirby mentions are the Syrians, the South Americans (the continent, not the country), the Russians, and various terrorist groups. | |
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Railing Kill | |
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Railing Kill: Mall cops shoot Sully's contact (credited as the Latin Man), causing him to fall over the mall railing. Matrix shoots a Mook standing on a watchtower during the climax, causing him to fall through the railing several stories below. | |
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Mr. Fanservice | |
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Mr. Fanservice: Matrix spends most of the film in a henley shirt to show off his pecs, and prior to gearing up for his assault on Bennett's island, is seen wearing only a Speedo. He also goes into the final battle wearing a sleeveless vest, which he ditches after a couple of minutes before spending the rest of the film shirtless. Downplayed, since the hook that got Arnold interested in the film was that Matrix doesn't spend the entire film in a state of undress, meaning that the audience's attention would be on his acting and not on his physique. | |
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Soft Glass | |
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Soft Glass: Played with. Matrix plays this straight, but his friend who ran the car dealership is badly cut when he's driven through a window. It's possible the shards killed him, that or being hit by the car. | |
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The Bogan | |
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The Bogan: Bennett the Australian is constantly swearing, losing his temper, and being murderously violent. No wonder his own men are frightened of him. | |
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The Heavy | |
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The Heavy: Arius might be the one calling the shots, but it's Bennett who brings Matrix to him and is in charge of keeping Jenny hostage. He's also Matrix's final opponent. | |
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Soft Water | |
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Soft Water: About three feet of it cushions Matrix's fall after he jumps from an airplane's landing gear. | |
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Deadly Disc | |
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Deadly Disc: Matrix kills two of Arius' soldiers by throwing circular saw blades at them. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: This film is practically a paean to the trope. It opens up with a whole cheesy montage of Matrix spending time with his daughter. When the bad guys kidnap her, it gives Matrix the justification to go completely bonkers and kill every last mook he comes across. | |
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Angrish | |
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Angrish: In the fight with Bennett. Matrix convinces him to let Jenny out of his clutches, goading him into a knife fight. Bennett takes the bait, but not before responding with a line that gets less and less coherent as it progresses. | |
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High-Altitude Interrogation | |
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High-Altitude Interrogation: Matrix dangles Sully above a cliff to make him talk. And then... | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy | |
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Wrong Genre Savvy: Arius seems to think he's a Magnificent Bastard Big Bad in a serious Cold War action drama. He's really a Smug Snake Non-Action Big Bad in a Stealth Parody of '80s action movies. | |
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Satellite Family Member | |
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Satellite Family Member: The bad guys compel Matrix to follow their plan by kidnapping his daughter Jenny. If he doesn't do what they want, they'll kill her. This both motivates him to rescue her and places a time limit on his actions: he has about twelve hours before the bad guys discover he's not following their orders, so he has to rescue Jenny within that timespan. | |
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Throw-Away Guns | |
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Throw-Away Guns: During the final battle, Matrix simply discards weapons he no longer has any use for. | |
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Dragon Their Feet | |
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Dragon Their Feet: The Big Bad is Arius, not Bennett. He gets his own dose of buckshot before Matrix deals with Bennett, though. | |
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Good Guns, Bad Guns | |
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Good Guns, Bad Guns: Many of the Big Bad's Mooks carry M16 rifles and other "Western" military weapons. Justified in that one of the terrorists' bosses is a turncoat US special forces veteran who would be most familiar with them for training purposes and that the Big Bad himself is planning to launch a revolution in his Banana Republic home country, likely purchasing the weapons as surplus. Matrix, the hero, instead gets most of his weapons from an implied illegal (given the fact that they were hidden in a secret room) surplus store. This justifies the fact that he uses several typical "Bad Guns" including an AK variant, an Uzi, and a Desert Eagle. Though he otherwise uses stolen "Bad Guy" guns, Matrix wields a pump shotgun in his confrontation with Arius, the Big Bad (who uses a Steyr AUG), ultimately using it to blast him out a window. | |
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Bald of Evil | |
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Bald of Evil: Cooke has a shiny bald head. | |
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Revolvers Are Just Better | |
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Revolvers Are Just Better: Averted. Cooke carries one as a sidearm when he goes to meet with Sully and is attacked by Matrix. During the ensuing fight in the motel, Cooke fires off six shots, either missing Matrix or during the struggle for the gun. He manages to get Matrix in his sights, but pulls the trigger on an empty chamber. If he'd been carrying an automatic, Matrix would be dead. | |
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Plot Armor | |
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Plot Armor: In one the best examples on could ever find of this trope, Martix fights an entire army while standing out in the open, yet none of the enemy soldiers are able to shoot him. There is also the part where Matrix jumps out of a moving plane hundreds of feet in the air and is unharmed simply because he lands in a few feet of water. | |
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More Dakka | |
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More Dakka: Most of the movie revolves around dakka exchange between fighting parties: trimming bushes with machine gun fire, entire squad dakka-venting the barn with The Ahnold inside, et cetera, et cetera. | |
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Worf Had the Flu | |
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Worf Had the Flu: The only reason the bad guys catch Matrix is because he just climbed out of his own wrecked truck (only made possible because swerved his nigh uncontrollable descent from hitting the bad guys' vehicles out of fear of hurting Jenny) clearly hurt and dazed without his rifle. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: Bennett, and how! He downright looks pleased that Matrix is violently storming the compound at the end, and he's even coaxed into dropping his gun for a knife fight by appealing to his deranged sadism. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: Bennett. Explicitly called out as enjoying the killing, and he never even denies it. | |
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The Cavalry Arrives Late | |
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The Cavalry Arrives Late: General Kirby and his army arrives at Arius' base after Matrix has already cleared it out. | |
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Father's Quest | |
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Father's Quest: Matrix is a retired Commando quietly raising his daughter, Jenny. When mooks kidnap Jenny, a spokesman for the thugs explains that his services are required to stage a coup d'etat in The Generalissimo's homeland. Matrix makes short work of most of these thugs, but still had to venture to Central America to rescue Jenny. At least until he jumps out of the plane as it's lifting off so that he can track down the rest of the thugs and find his daughter. | |
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Scary Black Man | |
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Scary Black Man: Cooke, former Green Beret who racked up a good portion of the kills of Matrix's old team and the only person in the film aside from Arius and Bennett who actually lasts longer than five seconds in a fight with Matrix. Subverted with Henriques, who despite his Bullying the Dragon statement is offed in two moves by Matrix with barely a struggle. | |
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Destination Defenestration | |
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Destination Defenestration: Arius' fate, after getting round after round from Matrix's shotgun pumped through his body, at which point he is sent flying through a side window of his mansion. | |
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Arch-Enemy | |
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Arch-Enemy: Bennett to Matrix. | |
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Rank Scales with Asskicking | |
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Rank Scales with Asskicking: Though he doesn't get involved in combat until late in the movie, Arius ends up presenting a more formidable obstacle to Matrix than his entire army did. | |
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Rule of Cool | |
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Rule of Cool: SO, so much. | |
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Testosterone Poisoning | |
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Testosterone Poisoning: Lampshaded by Cindy with the lines "I can't believe this macho bullshit!" and "these guys eat too much red meat!" | |
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I'll Kill You! | |
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I'll Kill You!: | |
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Commando (1985) / int_374c339d | |
Commando (1985) / int_392372f9 | type |
Actor Allusion | |
Commando (1985) / int_392372f9 | comment |
Actor Allusion: At least three of Arnie's lines are things he said in The Terminator. His one-word answer, "Wrong," before blasting away his first mook, his Catchphrase "I'll be back" (of course), and the line, "Fuck you, asshole!" all of which are spoken in the same order as the former movie. This was his first big movie after The Terminator and his first leading role with a substantial amount of dialogue. | |
Commando (1985) / int_392372f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_392372f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_392372f9 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3aec9e5e | type |
Properly Paranoid | |
Commando (1985) / int_3aec9e5e | comment |
Properly Paranoid: Matrix has a cache of weapons in his tool shed. Considering that he's made so many enemies over the years, this was probably a wise decision. | |
Commando (1985) / int_3aec9e5e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3aec9e5e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_3aec9e5e | |
Commando (1985) / int_3c111ce6 | type |
Pistol-Whipping | |
Commando (1985) / int_3c111ce6 | comment |
Pistol-Whipping: When Matrix has his first fight with the goons who kidnapped Jenny, one of them hits Matrix with the stock of his rifle to stun him. During the Final Battle, Matrix uses the stock of his shotgun to bludgeon one of the Mooks before facing off with Arius. | |
Commando (1985) / int_3c111ce6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3c111ce6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_3c111ce6 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3d699462 | type |
Curb-Stomp Battle | |
Commando (1985) / int_3d699462 | comment |
Curb-Stomp Battle: Matrix against Arius' army at the end of the film. | |
Commando (1985) / int_3d699462 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3d699462 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_3d699462 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ec7c277 | type |
Every Car Is a Pinto | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ec7c277 | comment |
Every Car Is a Pinto: Matrix's 4x4 crashes and rolls, and then bursts in to flames and explodes after he gets out. | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ec7c277 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ec7c277 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_3ec7c277 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ed23024 | type |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ed23024 | comment |
Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Matrix uses a freakin' tracked loader to break into an army surplus store after hours and load up on artillery. As soon as he gets everything he needs (read: all the cool looking stuff), he turns to leave... and gets arrested. What did you think was gonna happen? Luckily, well... see Police Are Useless above. Matrix forcibly tries to get Cindy to help him after explaining his situation by having her put on a honeypot routine in an attempt to Sully, however Cindy doesn't believe Matrix's outlandish (yet true) story like any normal person would (Seriously, how often does something as crazy as being forced to kill a South American president or risk losing your daughter happen in Real Life?) and the first chance she gets, she asks a security guard to help her get away from Matrix, blowing his cover — it's not until Sully recognizes John and starts shooting at him that Cindy believes him and tries to help him. | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ed23024 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_3ed23024 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_3ed23024 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4056daeb | type |
Rash Equilibrium | |
Commando (1985) / int_4056daeb | comment |
Rash Equilibrium: Arius hints that Jenny's going to get killed (or worse) no matter what Matrix decides to do (though he doesn't count on Matrix killing every one of his men). | |
Commando (1985) / int_4056daeb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4056daeb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4056daeb | |
Commando (1985) / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
Commando (1985) / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Played straight with Cindy who despite claiming to have read the instructions on the M202 Flash rocket launcher fires it backwards before using it to free Matrix from police custody. | |
Commando (1985) / int_40bb59d0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_40bb59d0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_40bb59d0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4160410d | type |
Damsel in Distress | |
Commando (1985) / int_4160410d | comment |
Damsel in Distress: Jenny, but hardly a hopeless example of the trope. Using her own resourcefulness she's able to free herself from her confinement — if not, Bennett would have cut her throat before Matrix even got near her. | |
Commando (1985) / int_4160410d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4160410d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4160410d | |
Commando (1985) / int_41dd77d | type |
Zerg Rush | |
Commando (1985) / int_41dd77d | comment |
Zerg Rush: How many security guards does that mall have? | |
Commando (1985) / int_41dd77d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_41dd77d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_41dd77d | |
Commando (1985) / int_43b154c9 | type |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent | |
Commando (1985) / int_43b154c9 | comment |
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Justified (or excused, at any rate) by mentioning early in the film that Matrix hails from East Germany. | |
Commando (1985) / int_43b154c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_43b154c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_43b154c9 | |
Commando (1985) / int_44bd31e2 | type |
Trope Codifier | |
Commando (1985) / int_44bd31e2 | comment |
Trope Codifier: This is the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Loads of over-the-top kills? Check. Mowing down tons of mooks with a machine gun while they miss every shot? Check. Cheesy one-liners before and after the most memorable kills? Check. Stuff Blowing Up, usually just because it's so much cooler than Stuff not Blowing Up? Check. This one has it all. | |
Commando (1985) / int_44bd31e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_44bd31e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_44bd31e2 | |
Commando (1985) / int_45398e01 | type |
Psycho Knife Nut | |
Commando (1985) / int_45398e01 | comment |
Psycho Knife Nut: Bennett. Dude practically masturbates at the prospect of stabbing Matrix in the gut with his big weapon. | |
Commando (1985) / int_45398e01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_45398e01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_45398e01 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4604fd4d | type |
Worthy Opponent | |
Commando (1985) / int_4604fd4d | comment |
Worthy Opponent: Bennett undeniably has a twisted sense of respect for Matrix as a fellow warrior, and was visibly happy that Matrix came guns blazing to rescue Jenny ("Welcome back, John!"), giving him one last chance to put his skills and mettle to the ultimate test. Matrix uses this respect to goad him into dropping his gun (and letting go of Jenny) to engage him in a final knife-fight to the death. | |
Commando (1985) / int_4604fd4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4604fd4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4604fd4d | |
Commando (1985) / int_46f3f271 | type |
From Camouflage to Criminal | |
Commando (1985) / int_46f3f271 | comment |
From Camouflage to Criminal: It's unsubtly implied that most of Arius's American henchmen are made up of former, possibly all disgraced U.S. soldiers (Bennett was a member of Matrix's unit who was dishonorably discharged for his brutality, Cooke was a Green Beret and Sully himself states while escorting Matrix to the airport that he and Henriques were in the service while commenting on Matrix and Bennett's relationship). | |
Commando (1985) / int_46f3f271 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_46f3f271 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_46f3f271 | |
Commando (1985) / int_479d4e5a | type |
Would Hurt a Child | |
Commando (1985) / int_479d4e5a | comment |
Would Hurt a Child: Arius and Bennett threaten to kill Jenny if Matrix doesn't work for them. When Arius hears that Matrix escaped the plane, he attempts to make good on the threat by sending Bennett to kill Jenny. | |
Commando (1985) / int_479d4e5a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_479d4e5a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_479d4e5a | |
Commando (1985) / int_48cbd223 | type |
Machete Mayhem | |
Commando (1985) / int_48cbd223 | comment |
Machete Mayhem: In the toolshed sequence, the last remaining soldier has his arm chopped off by a machete. | |
Commando (1985) / int_48cbd223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_48cbd223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_48cbd223 | |
Commando (1985) / int_496569e8 | type |
Race Against the Clock | |
Commando (1985) / int_496569e8 | comment |
Race Against the Clock: After escaping the plane, Matrix has 11 hours to wrap things up before it lands and his escape is discovered. Arius learns that Matrix wasn't on the plane while Matrix is infiltrating his base. This is a bit of a plot hole, as there is no point in Latin America that would require an 11 hour non-stop flight from Los Angeles. | |
Commando (1985) / int_496569e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_496569e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_496569e8 | |
Commando (1985) / int_49d5f48f | type |
Of Corpse He's Alive | |
Commando (1985) / int_49d5f48f | comment |
Of Corpse He's Alive: Matrix sneakily kills Henriques on the plane with a Neck Snap, then makes it look like he's just sleeping. He then asks a flight attendant not to disturb his "friend", on the grounds that he's "dead tired". | |
Commando (1985) / int_49d5f48f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_49d5f48f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_49d5f48f | |
Commando (1985) / int_4ab9c868 | type |
Pretty Little Headshots | |
Commando (1985) / int_4ab9c868 | comment |
Pretty Little Headshots: Played straight to a degree that's almost ridiculous when Matrix shoots Diaz just before chasing after Jenny's kidnappers; Matrix uses an HK91 rifle, which fires 7.62mm rounds, at point blank range. The result is a forehead entrance wound about the size of a dime, with no trace of an exit wound. | |
Commando (1985) / int_4ab9c868 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4ab9c868 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4ab9c868 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4c7e3b7 | type |
Construction Vehicle Rampage | |
Commando (1985) / int_4c7e3b7 | comment |
Construction Vehicle Rampage: Matrix uses a tracked loader to break into an army surplus store for equipping himself with military weaponry. | |
Commando (1985) / int_4c7e3b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4c7e3b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4c7e3b7 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4cfe362e | type |
Awesome Aussie | |
Commando (1985) / int_4cfe362e | comment |
Awesome Aussie: Granted, he doesn't have an awesome personality, but Bennett is actually Australian, judging by his accent and the nationality of his actor, and he poses more of a challenge to Matrix than any of the rest of the Mooks. | |
Commando (1985) / int_4cfe362e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4cfe362e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4cfe362e | |
Commando (1985) / int_4d45aa06 | type |
Banana Republic | |
Commando (1985) / int_4d45aa06 | comment |
Banana Republic: Val Verde. What little we see of the place (the airport where Matrix was supposed to arrive) is vaguely third-world-country and Arius makes clear that he was a Castro-style The Generalissimo before Matrix and his unit (and the revolution they supported) kicked him out. | |
Commando (1985) / int_4d45aa06 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4d45aa06 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4d45aa06 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4da6ac | type |
Rated M for Manly | |
Commando (1985) / int_4da6ac | comment |
Rated M for Manly: Boy howdy. This movie will impregnate any unprotected female viewers. And a few male ones, too. | |
Commando (1985) / int_4da6ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_4da6ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_4da6ac | |
Commando (1985) / int_508d91a2 | type |
Pre-Mortem One-Liner | |
Commando (1985) / int_508d91a2 | comment |
Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Matrix first does this when he was about to drop Sully off a cliff. Cooke also delivers two while killing Matrix's old team: | |
Commando (1985) / int_508d91a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_508d91a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_508d91a2 | |
Commando (1985) / int_514d1380 | type |
Trick-and-Follow Ploy | |
Commando (1985) / int_514d1380 | comment |
Nice Job Guiding Us, Hero: The villains track down Matrix by killing some of his former squadmates and faking Bennett's murder, knowing Kirby will have to inform Matrix of these developments, and then following Kirby's helicopter. | |
Commando (1985) / int_514d1380 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_514d1380 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_514d1380 | |
Commando (1985) / int_51640e80 | type |
Bond One-Liner | |
Commando (1985) / int_51640e80 | comment |
Bond One-Liner: Schwarzenegger has always been good at these, but Commando contains some of his greatest efforts. After killing a man on a plane and disguising him as if he's asleep, he turns to a stewardess and says: "Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired." After dropping Sully off a cliff, and then being asked where he has gone: "I let him go." After throwing a length of pipe clean through Bennett and into a boiler, releasing a jet of steam: "Let off some steam, Bennett." | |
Commando (1985) / int_51640e80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_51640e80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_51640e80 | |
Commando (1985) / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
Commando (1985) / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Bennett. | |
Commando (1985) / int_53f5119f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_53f5119f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_53f5119f | |
Commando (1985) / int_543a0278 | type |
Villain Respect | |
Commando (1985) / int_543a0278 | comment |
Villain Respect: Bennett candidly admits to his partners in crime his respect for Matrix's skill as a warrior on multiple occasions, fully expecting him to escape and exact his revenge on them all. | |
Commando (1985) / int_543a0278 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_543a0278 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_543a0278 | |
Commando (1985) / int_548bd053 | type |
Guns Akimbo | |
Commando (1985) / int_548bd053 | comment |
Guns Akimbo: When he finally faces off against Arius, Matrix goes up against him with an assault rifle in one hand and a shotgun in the other. When the assault rifle runs dry, he just uses the shotgun until he takes out Arius. | |
Commando (1985) / int_548bd053 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_548bd053 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_548bd053 | |
Commando (1985) / int_5527dc0c | type |
Plot Coupon | |
Commando (1985) / int_5527dc0c | comment |
Plot Coupon: After leaping from the plane to Val Verde, a good portion of the film's second act involves Matrix having to find items that clue him in to the next location. The most egregious instance of this is probably after Cooke is killed without him revealing to Matrix any relevant information, requiring Matrix and Cindy to search his car until they find a helpful clue. | |
Commando (1985) / int_5527dc0c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_5527dc0c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_5527dc0c | |
Commando (1985) / int_59907e4f | type |
Police Are Useless | |
Commando (1985) / int_59907e4f | comment |
Matrix uses a freakin' tracked loader to break into an army surplus store after hours and load up on artillery. As soon as he gets everything he needs (read: all the cool looking stuff), he turns to leave... and gets arrested. What did you think was gonna happen? Luckily, well... see Police Are Useless above. | |
Commando (1985) / int_59907e4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_59907e4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_59907e4f | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdcc85a | type |
Disney Villain Death | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdcc85a | comment |
Disney Villain Death: Sully. | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdcc85a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdcc85a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdcc85a | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdf025f | type |
Instant Sedation | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdf025f | comment |
Instant Sedation: Bennett using a dart gun to knock out Matrix. It must have had a very high dosage to knock out someone as huge as Matrix that fast. | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdf025f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdf025f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_5bdf025f | |
Commando (1985) / int_6201e8b0 | type |
I Have Your Wife | |
Commando (1985) / int_6201e8b0 | comment |
I Have Your Wife: The bad guys kidnap Matrix's daughter to blackmail him into working for them. It instead inspires him to murder them all. So, it backfired. | |
Commando (1985) / int_6201e8b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_6201e8b0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_6201e8b0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_638b65bc | type |
Armor Is Useless | |
Commando (1985) / int_638b65bc | comment |
Armor Is Useless: Bennett wears a chain mail vest, for whatever reason, and it's hilariously pointless, given that he gets himself electrocuted and impaled by a large pipe during the final fight. Matrix's flak vest is an aversion, as the wound he receives from a grenade might have been much worse had he not been wearing it. | |
Commando (1985) / int_638b65bc | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_638b65bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_638b65bc | |
Commando (1985) / int_663f35c0 | type |
Only One Name | |
Commando (1985) / int_663f35c0 | comment |
Only One Name: With the exceptions of John Matrix and Franklin Kirby, every character only has their first name or surname revealed. | |
Commando (1985) / int_663f35c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_663f35c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_663f35c0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_66dfe36a | type |
Missing Mom | |
Commando (1985) / int_66dfe36a | comment |
Missing Mom: In the Director's Cut, it's revealed that Jenny's mother died when she gave birth to Jenny and at the time of her death, Matrix was stationed with the US Army in Laos. Therefore Jenny gets to keep her dad all for herself which is useful when she is kidnapped as he is the most macho man in the world. | |
Commando (1985) / int_66dfe36a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_66dfe36a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_66dfe36a | |
Commando (1985) / int_676e942c | type |
We Hardly Knew Ye | |
Commando (1985) / int_676e942c | comment |
We Hardly Knew Ye: A handsome Val Verdan in a fur-lined jacket with a Goatee of Evil is introduced in a manner that indicates he's The Dragon, taking part in the opening assassinations and shooting both of Kirby's Red Shirts. He stays behind to deliver the I Have Your Daughter ultimatum... until Matrix shoots him in the head with his assault rifle. | |
Commando (1985) / int_676e942c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_676e942c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_676e942c | |
Commando (1985) / int_6860368a | type |
Mook Horror Show | |
Commando (1985) / int_6860368a | comment |
Mook Horror Show: Especially the toolshed sequence. | |
Commando (1985) / int_6860368a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_6860368a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_6860368a | |
Commando (1985) / int_69fb91e8 | type |
Chewing the Scenery | |
Commando (1985) / int_69fb91e8 | comment |
Chewing the Scenery: Vernon Wells, the actor who plays Bennett, practically uses the climactic knife fight as chewing gum! His lines "You're a dead man, John!", or "What's it feel to be a dying man?" also count. Even his understated lines like "I said I'd do it for nothing." chew the scenery. | |
Commando (1985) / int_69fb91e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_69fb91e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_69fb91e8 | |
Commando (1985) / int_70d8269d | type |
Excuse Plot | |
Commando (1985) / int_70d8269d | comment |
Excuse Plot: Not unexpected being that it's part of the Schwarzenegger oeuvre, but a particularly notable example — the movie doesn't even pretend it's going to have anything to do with the whole "kill the leader of Val Verde to get your daughter back" stuff. This has the rather amusing result that pretty much every scene with Arius before the climax basically involves him sitting around waiting for Matrix to show up and kill him even if he doesn't realize it. | |
Commando (1985) / int_70d8269d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_70d8269d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_70d8269d | |
Commando (1985) / int_763ac306 | type |
Mandatory Unretirement | |
Commando (1985) / int_763ac306 | comment |
Mandatory Unretirement: Matrix just wanted to leave conflict behind and live a quiet life rising his daughter... Until some jackass former dictator and his goons decided it was a fantastic idea to kidnap said daughter. Big mistake. | |
Commando (1985) / int_763ac306 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_763ac306 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_763ac306 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7adf5414 | type |
TranquilizerDart | |
Commando (1985) / int_7adf5414 | comment |
Tranquilizer Dart: After a group of mooks restrain John, the henchman Bennet then tranquilizes him. | |
Commando (1985) / int_7adf5414 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7adf5414 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_7adf5414 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7e577db | type |
Slashed Throat | |
Commando (1985) / int_7e577db | comment |
Slashed Throat: Happens to one of the Mooks early in the climax when Matrix catches him unawares while sneaking around. | |
Commando (1985) / int_7e577db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7e577db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_7e577db | |
Commando (1985) / int_7eb73553 | type |
Bullying a Dragon | |
Commando (1985) / int_7eb73553 | comment |
Bullying a Dragon: Sully mocks and taunts Matrix as he's about to board the plane, implying they'll have fun with his daughter while he's away. This is what prompts the famous "You're a funny guy, Sully. I like you." line. Henriques tells Matrix "open your mouth again, and I'll nail it shut" when he calls him his carry-on luggage. He finds himself on the wrong end of a Neck Snap not seconds later. | |
Commando (1985) / int_7eb73553 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7eb73553 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_7eb73553 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7f298d3d | type |
Lame Comeback | |
Commando (1985) / int_7f298d3d | comment |
Lame Comeback: After being shot down by Cindy after he (very sleazily) tries to chat her up, Sully's response... is to petulantly snarl "You fuckin' whore!" and stomp off in a huff. | |
Commando (1985) / int_7f298d3d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7f298d3d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_7f298d3d | |
Commando (1985) / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
Commando (1985) / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Almost, by Matrix. Him calling out to Jenny at the end tips off Bennett where she is and allows him to seize her first. | |
Commando (1985) / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_7fbb2a3 | |
Commando (1985) / int_823c6e3e | type |
Large Ham | |
Commando (1985) / int_823c6e3e | comment |
Large Ham: Bennett. | |
Commando (1985) / int_823c6e3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_823c6e3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_823c6e3e | |
Commando (1985) / int_828a5ca8 | type |
Roaring Rampage of Rescue | |
Commando (1985) / int_828a5ca8 | comment |
Roaring Rampage of Rescue: The Movie. | |
Commando (1985) / int_828a5ca8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_828a5ca8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_828a5ca8 | |
Commando (1985) / int_82f5ced1 | type |
Conservation of Ninjutsu | |
Commando (1985) / int_82f5ced1 | comment |
Conservation of Ninjutsu: Dozens, if not hundreds of soldiers, and not one of them can take a decent aimed shot against the guy standing in the middle of a wide open garden shooting at them with a machine gun that should be braced on its bipod in order to fire accurately — no problem for Matrix. The wussy boss bad guy takes several minutes of dodging and fire-trading before he makes the kill. The Dragon nearly kills Matrix himself. Oh, and by the end of the film, Matrix's apparently killed everybody on the island. Foreshadowed early on by The Dragon himself, who states between the two of them he and Matrix could kill them "in a blink of an eye". | |
Commando (1985) / int_82f5ced1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_82f5ced1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_82f5ced1 | |
Commando (1985) / int_830b0ac9 | type |
Final Battle | |
Commando (1985) / int_830b0ac9 | comment |
During the Final Battle, Matrix uses the stock of his shotgun to bludgeon one of the Mooks before facing off with Arius. | |
Commando (1985) / int_830b0ac9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_830b0ac9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_830b0ac9 | |
Commando (1985) / int_8344209e | type |
BFG | |
Commando (1985) / int_8344209e | comment |
BFG: The quad barrel rocket launcher, an M202 FLASH (which technically is a shoulder-fired incendiary rocket launcher, not something that launches explosive rockets, but that doesn't make it any less cool). It's one of the most memorable things of this movie. | |
Commando (1985) / int_8344209e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_8344209e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_8344209e | |
Commando (1985) / int_8411ab92 | type |
Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
Commando (1985) / int_8411ab92 | comment |
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Cindy is red and Matrix is blue. For the villains, Bennett is red and Arius is blue. | |
Commando (1985) / int_8411ab92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_8411ab92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_8411ab92 | |
Commando (1985) / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
Commando (1985) / int_86b21114 | comment |
Badass Boast From Cooke to Matrix: Also: | |
Commando (1985) / int_86b21114 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_86b21114 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_86b21114 | |
Commando (1985) / int_87ab7f69 | type |
Sharp-Dressed Man | |
Commando (1985) / int_87ab7f69 | comment |
Sharp-Dressed Man: Cooke spends most of the film in a natty grey suit. | |
Commando (1985) / int_87ab7f69 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_87ab7f69 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_87ab7f69 | |
Commando (1985) / int_8a0bc642 | type |
Unnecessary Combat Roll | |
Commando (1985) / int_8a0bc642 | comment |
Unnecessary Combat Roll: It actually proves useful. Matrix is in a gun fight with Arius, and the two take turns shooting at each other and taking cover. After a few rounds of this, Matrix rolls out from his cover as Arius tries to shoot him, only for Matrix to shoot Arius at the end of the roll. | |
Commando (1985) / int_8a0bc642 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_8a0bc642 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_8a0bc642 | |
Commando (1985) / int_8e04fdd7 | type |
Dragon with an Agenda | |
Commando (1985) / int_8e04fdd7 | comment |
Dragon with an Agenda: Bennett, again. He cares little about Arius or him coming back to power. All he really cares about is killing Matrix. | |
Commando (1985) / int_8e04fdd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_8e04fdd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_8e04fdd7 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9059bd5d | type |
Peek-a-Boo Corpse | |
Commando (1985) / int_9059bd5d | comment |
Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Matrix has to leave Jenny and the wounded soldier to fetch a rifle so he can defend them. When he rushes back to Jenny's bedroom and opens the door, the corpse of the soldier falls out, and he finds Diaz waiting for him inside instead of Jenny. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9059bd5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9059bd5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9059bd5d | |
Commando (1985) / int_93cb144a | type |
Unhand Them, Villain! | |
Commando (1985) / int_93cb144a | comment |
Unhand Them, Villain!: Matrix does this to Sully. | |
Commando (1985) / int_93cb144a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_93cb144a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_93cb144a | |
Commando (1985) / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
Commando (1985) / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Bennet tries to make one against John with a sidearm during his Villainous Breakdown. | |
Commando (1985) / int_957e5fc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_957e5fc2 | featureConfidence |
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Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_957e5fc2 | |
Commando (1985) / int_95b7c400 | type |
Faux Affably Evil | |
Commando (1985) / int_95b7c400 | comment |
Faux Affably Evil: Sully is very chatty with Matrix as he's being walked through the airport and slips him some money for a few beers. At first, the audience may be forgiven in thinking that Sully is a really decent Punch-Clock Villain who isn't so bad. But then he tells Matrix the beers are so that Arius's men can have "more time with [his] daughter". | |
Commando (1985) / int_95b7c400 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_95b7c400 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_95b7c400 | |
Commando (1985) / int_963d947b | type |
It's Personal with the Dragon | |
Commando (1985) / int_963d947b | comment |
It's Personal with the Dragon: The rivalry between Matrix and Bennett is far more personal and important than anything going on with Arius, the actual Big Bad. | |
Commando (1985) / int_963d947b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_963d947b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_963d947b | |
Commando (1985) / int_97069d40 | type |
Harmless Electrocution | |
Commando (1985) / int_97069d40 | comment |
Harmless Electrocution: During the climactic fight, Matrix throws Bennett into a high voltage generator, which sparks and goes haywire as our victim who is wearing a mail vest screams like a little girl. About eight seconds later, however, Bennett immediately bounces back in the fight and is arguably fighting better than he did before the electrocution. | |
Commando (1985) / int_97069d40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_97069d40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_97069d40 | |
Commando (1985) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
Commando (1985) / int_970c790a | comment |
Matrix, the hero, instead gets most of his weapons from an implied illegal (given the fact that they were hidden in a secret room) surplus store. This justifies the fact that he uses several typical "Bad Guns" including an AK variant, an Uzi, and a Desert Eagle. Though he otherwise uses stolen "Bad Guy" guns, Matrix wields a pump shotgun in his confrontation with Arius, the Big Bad (who uses a Steyr AUG), ultimately using it to blast him out a window. | |
Commando (1985) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_970c790a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_970c790a | |
Commando (1985) / int_98f5de00 | type |
Let Me Get This Straight... | |
Commando (1985) / int_98f5de00 | comment |
Let Me Get This Straight...: This memorable exchange between Cindy and Matrix: | |
Commando (1985) / int_98f5de00 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_98f5de00 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_98f5de00 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9ac6b0c1 | type |
Sociopathic Hero | |
Commando (1985) / int_9ac6b0c1 | comment |
Sociopathic Hero: John Matrix to some extent. He mercilessly kills any henchman he comes across, fights off the police instead of trying to ask them for help (even though he, of course, doesn't use lethal force against them) and even uses some villain tropes like the famous I Lied. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9ac6b0c1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9ac6b0c1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9ac6b0c1 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b54d536 | type |
Evil Counterpart | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b54d536 | comment |
Evil Counterpart: Bennett to Matrix. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b54d536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b54d536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9b54d536 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b5516f0 | type |
Showy Invincible Hero | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b5516f0 | comment |
Showy Invincible Hero: John Matrix. He shoves cars, defeats an entire army, successfully brawls with dozens of police officers at the same time and blows lots of shit up. In a bid to give the movie a Worthy Opponent (and hang a lampshade), Bennett even says that either he or Matrix could single-handedly take out the Big Bad's army. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b5516f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9b5516f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9b5516f0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9c20a410 | type |
Knife Fight | |
Commando (1985) / int_9c20a410 | comment |
Knife Fight: Between Matrix and Bennett at the end of the movie. Minutes later both of them lost their knives, engaging in a fistfight instead. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9c20a410 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9c20a410 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9c20a410 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9cde2df1 | type |
Hand Cannon | |
Commando (1985) / int_9cde2df1 | comment |
Hand Cannon: Among the various weapons Matrix brought to the island is a Desert Eagle pistol. In an inversion of Bottomless Magazines, he fires it six times from a eight or nine-round magazine before it runs dry and switches to a shotgun. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9cde2df1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9cde2df1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9cde2df1 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
Commando (1985) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: During the opening titles, we see Matrix teaching his daughter martial arts. While she never actually uses said martial arts, this is a subtle hint that she's not quite as helpless as she seems, as demonstrated at the climax of the film when she manages to break out of the room she's been locked in without anyone noticing. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9d12bbc1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9e943076 | type |
One-Man Army | |
Commando (1985) / int_9e943076 | comment |
One-Man Army: Hoo, boy, is Matrix ever. Could have been called One-Man Army: The Movie. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9e943076 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9e943076 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9e943076 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9edbda07 | type |
Elite Mooks | |
Commando (1985) / int_9edbda07 | comment |
Elite Mooks: Cooke boasts about being a former Green Beret. Matrix is unimpressed, but in fairness to Cooke he gives Matrix probably his toughest fight in the movie aside from Bennett and Arius. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9edbda07 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9edbda07 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9edbda07 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9f81bd21 | type |
Stealth Parody | |
Commando (1985) / int_9f81bd21 | comment |
Stealth Parody: The film is extremely tongue-in-cheek, and has a healthy sense of humour about how ridiculous '80s action films were while simultaneously embracing everything that made them awesome. | |
Commando (1985) / int_9f81bd21 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9f81bd21 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9f81bd21 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9fde2eb1 | type |
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
Commando (1985) / int_9fde2eb1 | comment |
Matrix's Pre Ass Kicking One Liner to Cooke is possibly one to Rambo: | |
Commando (1985) / int_9fde2eb1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_9fde2eb1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_9fde2eb1 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a05abbc8 | type |
Throwing Down the Gauntlet | |
Commando (1985) / int_a05abbc8 | comment |
Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Matrix convinces Bennett to let go of Jenny by playing to his inner Knife nut. Since Bennett can't resist the possibility of sticking his knife in Matrix, it works. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a05abbc8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a05abbc8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a05abbc8 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a1b141f4 | type |
My God, What Have I Done? | |
Commando (1985) / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: After Cindy botches Matrix's attempt to tail Sully undetected, resulting in cops almost killing Matrix and Sully almost succeeding to call in the kill order on Jenny, she has a change of heart and starts to help him. After she jumps back in the car with him, she starts freaking out over everything that just happened, as seen in the page quote. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a1b141f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a1b141f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a1b141f4 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
Commando (1985) / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: The two unnamed henchmen who alert Arius Matrix's presence on Val Verde in the climax are left unaccounted for. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a70223 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a70223 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a70223 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a796d2a6 | type |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
Commando (1985) / int_a796d2a6 | comment |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: With an army that is that incapable of hitting the broad side of a barn, no wonder Matrix could take on 122 men and still win. see here for details | |
Commando (1985) / int_a796d2a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a796d2a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a796d2a6 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a82a24be | type |
Rival Final Boss | |
Commando (1985) / int_a82a24be | comment |
Rival Final Boss: Matrix kills Big Bad Arius but then has to fight Bennett who was once part of Matrix's team and claims to be a better fighter than Matrix. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a82a24be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a82a24be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a82a24be | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8559a9f | type |
RealLife | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8559a9f | comment |
Matrix forcibly tries to get Cindy to help him after explaining his situation by having her put on a honeypot routine in an attempt to Sully, however Cindy doesn't believe Matrix's outlandish (yet true) story like any normal person would (Seriously, how often does something as crazy as being forced to kill a South American president or risk losing your daughter happen in Real Life?) and the first chance she gets, she asks a security guard to help her get away from Matrix, blowing his cover — it's not until Sully recognizes John and starts shooting at him that Cindy believes him and tries to help him. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8559a9f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8559a9f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a8559a9f | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8a0603e | type |
Juggling Loaded Guns | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8a0603e | comment |
Juggling Loaded Guns / Had the Silly Thing in Reverse: After Matrix gets locked up in a police van, Cindy tries to free him with an M202 "Flash" four-barrel rocket launcher. Unfortunately she points the wrong end at the target and blows up the shops behind her. Remember to read which end is the front when handling heavy weapons such as rocket launchers*Also pay attention to what they're firing. The M202's rockets weren't explosive: they were white phosphorous warheads. The van Arnie was in would have been incinerated. That would be bad.. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8a0603e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8a0603e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a8a0603e | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8c462db | type |
Super-Senses | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8c462db | comment |
Super-Senses: Matrix can smell 'em coming. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8c462db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a8c462db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a8c462db | |
Commando (1985) / int_a9667a3b | type |
Hero Insurance | |
Commando (1985) / int_a9667a3b | comment |
Hero Insurance: During the course of the film, Matrix steals and/or damages several vehicles, breaks into a gun shop, steals an arsenal of firearms, escapes from police custody, beats up a bunch of mall security guards and kidnaps an innocent bystander, and kills two unarmed villains, one in front of a witness. It's hard to imagine rescuing a family member as a sufficient legal defense to cover all of that. | |
Commando (1985) / int_a9667a3b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_a9667a3b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_a9667a3b | |
Commando (1985) / int_aba8065b | type |
Fatal Flaw | |
Commando (1985) / int_aba8065b | comment |
Fatal Flaw: Matrix exploits Bennett's bloodlust to coax him into a final fight and ultimately defeat him. | |
Commando (1985) / int_aba8065b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_aba8065b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_aba8065b | |
Commando (1985) / int_abdf1659 | type |
Bodyguarding a Badass | |
Commando (1985) / int_abdf1659 | comment |
Bodyguarding a Badass: General Kirby assigns two of his soldiers to protect Matrix, who is a One-Man Army. | |
Commando (1985) / int_abdf1659 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_abdf1659 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_abdf1659 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ac2094ca | type |
Red Shirt | |
Commando (1985) / int_ac2094ca | comment |
Red Shirt: General Kirby leaves behind two soldiers to protect Matrix and his daughter, describing them as "real good, but not as good as you". One of them is killed as soon as he flies off, while the other one gets badly wounded, loses his weapon, and only has time to trade some lines with Matrix before he's unceremoniously finished off off-screen. | |
Commando (1985) / int_ac2094ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ac2094ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_ac2094ca | |
Commando (1985) / int_ad68d006 | type |
Elevator Snare | |
Commando (1985) / int_ad68d006 | comment |
Elevator Snare: Justified. Matrix jumps on top of the elevator car the chase-ee is taking. | |
Commando (1985) / int_ad68d006 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ad68d006 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_ad68d006 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
Commando (1985) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: You know the "You're a funny guy, Sully. I like you" line? That comes right after Sully taunted Matrix about his daughter being potentially gang-raped. | |
Commando (1985) / int_ae3d6438 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ae3d6438 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_ae3d6438 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b01abe4f | type |
Catchphrase | |
Commando (1985) / int_b01abe4f | comment |
Catchphrase: After John Matrix is dropped off at the airport, he promises Bennett, "I'll be back!" Bennet calls out as Matrix is lead away by his goons, "I'll be ready, John." | |
Commando (1985) / int_b01abe4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b01abe4f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_b01abe4f | |
Commando (1985) / int_b2cdd776 | type |
Bottomless Magazines | |
Commando (1985) / int_b2cdd776 | comment |
Bottomless Magazines The belt of ammo hanging from Matrix's M60 gets longer and longer with each cut. The Valmet M78 machine gun Matrix carries in the final assault shoots twenty times more ammo from its 30-round box magazine than it can realistically carry, and is never shown being reloaded. Averted, though, with the rocket launcher, which fires exactly four times over the course of the film before Matrix discards it. Also averted with Cooke's revolver during the motel room fight. You can easily count the gunshots, so you know that Cooke's gun is empty before he does. Inverted with Matrix's Desert Eagle, which fires six shots before he discards it, two or three shots less than the magazine's capacity (given the film's time frame it would have carried 8 or nine shots depending on the caliber). | |
Commando (1985) / int_b2cdd776 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b2cdd776 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_b2cdd776 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b3f4bf22 | type |
Pants-Positive Safety | |
Commando (1985) / int_b3f4bf22 | comment |
Pants-Positive Safety: Early in the film, Matrix is shown keeping his Beretta sidearm in his pants. | |
Commando (1985) / int_b3f4bf22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b3f4bf22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_b3f4bf22 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
Commando (1985) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: Very era-specific form of father rejecting his child's pop music as Matrix scorns Boy George: Matrix's Pre Ass Kicking One Liner to Cooke is possibly one to Rambo: | |
Commando (1985) / int_b53077b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b53077b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_b53077b3 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b628db4c | type |
"Hey, You!" Haymaker | |
Commando (1985) / int_b628db4c | comment |
Matrix has Cindy pretend to be a hooker in Sully's hotel room. Doesn't quite work as Cooke is still wary, but he still misses Matrix hiding behind the door until the "Hey, You!" Haymaker. | |
Commando (1985) / int_b628db4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b628db4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_b628db4c | |
Commando (1985) / int_b7c53a22 | type |
Blood Knight | |
Commando (1985) / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: Bennett. One of the reasons Matrix threw him out of his unit was because he liked killing too much. | |
Commando (1985) / int_b7c53a22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_b7c53a22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_b7c53a22 | |
Commando (1985) / int_bcd27e37 | type |
Improbable Aiming Skills | |
Commando (1985) / int_bcd27e37 | comment |
Improbable Aiming Skills: The other reason Matrix could take on the army presented and win. | |
Commando (1985) / int_bcd27e37 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_bcd27e37 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_bcd27e37 | |
Commando (1985) / int_bfad4265 | type |
I Have You Now, My Pretty | |
Commando (1985) / int_bfad4265 | comment |
Sully mocks and taunts Matrix as he's about to board the plane, implying they'll have fun with his daughter while he's away. This is what prompts the famous "You're a funny guy, Sully. I like you." line. | |
Commando (1985) / int_bfad4265 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_bfad4265 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_bfad4265 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2d978fe | type |
Car Fu | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2d978fe | comment |
Car Fu: Cooke kills Forrestal in the beginning of the film by running him over with the car he's selling. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2d978fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2d978fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c2d978fe | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2ecf3b8 | type |
Show Some Leg | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2ecf3b8 | comment |
Show Some Leg: Matrix has Cindy pretend to be a hooker in Sully's hotel room. Doesn't quite work as Cooke is still wary, but he still misses Matrix hiding behind the door until the "Hey, You!" Haymaker. Later Cindy pulls this ploy off on her own initiative, pretending to be a hooker to distract a pair of cops taking John away in a police truck. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2ecf3b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2ecf3b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c2ecf3b8 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2fc1ae | type |
Neck Snap | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2fc1ae | comment |
Neck Snap: How Matrix disposes of Henriques on the plane. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2fc1ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c2fc1ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c2fc1ae | |
Commando (1985) / int_c3245c20 | type |
I Lied | |
Commando (1985) / int_c3245c20 | comment |
I Lied: Matrix when he said he would kill Sully last. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c3245c20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c3245c20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c3245c20 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c36cba70 | type |
Mooks | |
Commando (1985) / int_c36cba70 | comment |
Mooks: Lampshaded hard by Bennett himself, who calls them a bunch of nothing play soldiers trying to talk tough and that if it came down to a fight he and Matrix could kill them "in a blink of an eye". Sure enough, Matrix wipes them all out himself at the climax with the only damage sustained being the nearby explosion of a lucky grenade. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c36cba70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c36cba70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c36cba70 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c37a7fd9 | type |
No, You | |
Commando (1985) / int_c37a7fd9 | comment |
No, You: "Fuck you, asshole." (Click!) "Fuck you, asshole." | |
Commando (1985) / int_c37a7fd9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c37a7fd9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c37a7fd9 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c4a1d337 | type |
Muscles Are Meaningful | |
Commando (1985) / int_c4a1d337 | comment |
Muscles Are Meaningful: Matrix is played by the most famous body builder of all time, and he's a Showy Invincible Hero. Cooke is played by the physically imposing Bill Duke, and he's one of the only two villains to present Matrix with a serious challenge. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c4a1d337 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c4a1d337 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c4a1d337 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c563ee89 | type |
Pipe Pain | |
Commando (1985) / int_c563ee89 | comment |
Pipe Pain: Twice in the final fight with Bennett. Bennett picks up a pipe which he uses as a bludgeon. Matrix picks another, bigger pipe which he uses to impale Bennett. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c563ee89 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c563ee89 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c563ee89 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c86a6f38 | type |
Cannon Fodder | |
Commando (1985) / int_c86a6f38 | comment |
Cannon Fodder: Arius' entire army is little more than target practice for Matrix. Lampshaded early on by Bennet, who states they're nothing and is amused by their attempts to talk and act tough. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c86a6f38 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c86a6f38 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c86a6f38 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c93a6560 | type |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice | |
Commando (1985) / int_c93a6560 | comment |
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Bennett and Cooke. | |
Commando (1985) / int_c93a6560 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_c93a6560 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_c93a6560 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ca04edd6 | type |
Charles Atlas Superpower | |
Commando (1985) / int_ca04edd6 | comment |
Charles Atlas Superpower: The first time Matrix ever appears in the movie, he's carrying by himself a whole tree trunk he just cut down. Using only one arm. Early on, Matrix is trying to chase some bad guys but the power to his truck is cut, so he pushes it and drives it down a hill. Then there's the plane escape. Ripping a car seat out of the car with his bare hands. A more subtle one: Matrix is impeded by a padlock and chains, so he just rips them off. Ripping a phone booth out of the ground and hoisting it over his with Sully still inside. Righting Sully's flipped car. Nailing soldiers with perfect headshots while hip firing. Holding Sully over the edge of a cliff with one outstretched arm, which he (potentially sarcastically) claims is his "weak arm". Bennett too has his moments, such as ripping the hatch off a boiler furnace or body-slamming through a boarded up window. | |
Commando (1985) / int_ca04edd6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ca04edd6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_ca04edd6 | |
Commando (1985) / int_cd23ee7d | type |
Colonel Badass | |
Commando (1985) / int_cd23ee7d | comment |
Colonel Badass: John Matrix. | |
Commando (1985) / int_cd23ee7d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_cd23ee7d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_cd23ee7d | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce1c73e2 | type |
Just Plane Wrong | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce1c73e2 | comment |
Just Plane Wrong: Several in the airport sequence. Even though the passengers board the plane through air-stairs, the plane is boarded on the starboard side, not the port side per standard procedure. When opening the door to the cargo compartment, Matrix leaves it open. Under such circumstances, this would have resulted in an alert to the pilots who would have turned the plane around back to the gate to investigate. The plane itself is a DC-10-10. This version of the DC-10 does not have sufficient range to do an 11 hour flight, but the DC-10-30 does. The latter plane is distinguished by the centre-line landing gear of which the DC-10-10 does not have. | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce1c73e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce1c73e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_ce1c73e2 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce70175b | type |
Sociopathic Soldier | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce70175b | comment |
Sociopathic Soldier: Bennett is indicated to have been one of these even before he left, as Arius puts it, "under a cloud" from the service due to how much he enjoyed killing. His actions in the film itself certainly don't show any sign he improved. | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce70175b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ce70175b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_ce70175b | |
Commando (1985) / int_cf9b131f | type |
Muscles Are Meaningless | |
Commando (1985) / int_cf9b131f | comment |
Muscles Are Meaningless: Bennett is a little flabby and lacking in muscle mass, but he's almost Matrix's equal when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. | |
Commando (1985) / int_cf9b131f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_cf9b131f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_cf9b131f | |
Commando (1985) / int_d028e0da | type |
An Arm and a Leg | |
Commando (1985) / int_d028e0da | comment |
An Arm and a Leg: A random soldier had his arm hacked off by Matrix during the toolshed scene. | |
Commando (1985) / int_d028e0da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d028e0da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_d028e0da | |
Commando (1985) / int_d148b019 | type |
Mundane Made Awesome | |
Commando (1985) / int_d148b019 | comment |
Mundane Made Awesome: Everything, from walking through a mall to getting into an airplane. And getting off of one, as well. | |
Commando (1985) / int_d148b019 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d148b019 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_d148b019 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d29a6629 | type |
Death by Childbirth | |
Commando (1985) / int_d29a6629 | comment |
Death by Childbirth: The extended cut has a scene where Matrix revealed that his wife died giving birth to Jenny while he was stationed in Laos. | |
Commando (1985) / int_d29a6629 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d29a6629 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_d29a6629 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d45c0b86 | type |
Refuge in Audacity | |
Commando (1985) / int_d45c0b86 | comment |
Refuge in Audacity: You might think it's ridiculous to be able to happen to find some of the weapons Matrix finds in the army surplus store. The notable thing is that he breaks into the back room, where they store weapons that you'd need a license to even possess. Admittedly, Matrix couldn't exactly wait the 24-48 hours for the police check on his license... | |
Commando (1985) / int_d45c0b86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d45c0b86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_d45c0b86 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d485cb13 | type |
Psychotic Smirk | |
Commando (1985) / int_d485cb13 | comment |
Psychotic Smirk: Bennett, when Arius gives him permission to kill Jenny upon finding out Matrix wasn't on the plane. | |
Commando (1985) / int_d485cb13 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d485cb13 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_d485cb13 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d63af362 | type |
Dramatic Ammo Depletion | |
Commando (1985) / int_d63af362 | comment |
Dramatic Ammo Depletion: During the motel fight, Cooke has Matrix dead to rights with a revolver aimed directly at his head and after a Pre-Mortem One-Liner pulls the trigger only for a loud "click" to occur and he realizes he's out of rounds. Matrix promptly finishes him by impaling him on a handy bit of broken furniture. | |
Commando (1985) / int_d63af362 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_d63af362 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_d63af362 | |
Commando (1985) / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
Commando (1985) / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Sully just happened to park his car very close to the car belonging to the totally random flight attendant he tries to hit on. There just happens to be a tracked loader right next to the gun shop Matrix wants to break into, with the keys in the ignition, apparently. Cooke just so happens to have a copy of a receipt for plane fuel in the glove compartment of his car, which can help Matrix and Cindy discover Arius's island compound. The part at the very beginning where the man is shot by the villains pretending to be garbage-men says "I thought you'd missed me" as a set-up for them to pull out guns and retort "Don't worry, we won't." Firstly, most people would say "I thought I missed you" if they were worried about not putting the trash out. Secondly, what is the purpose for disguising themselves as garbage-men in the first place, much less ones who seem to be leaving when their mark comes out the door. Did they just happen to know that he hadn't put his trash out yet AND would come running out the door to make sure he got his garbage out on time? Cindy just happens to be a trainee pilot, allowing her to fly Matrix to the villains' lair in a stolen plane. There is some level of foreshadowing to this considering the fact she first appeared at the airport and is wearing a suit implying she was more than just a random tourist, but a first-time viewer would likely not consider these details relevant. | |
Commando (1985) / int_dc579c91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_dc579c91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_dc579c91 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e0a0f41c | type |
Gardening-Variety Weapon | |
Commando (1985) / int_e0a0f41c | comment |
Gardening-Variety Weapon: The first Mook killed in the toolshed sequence is stabbed with a pitchfork by Matrix. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e0a0f41c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e0a0f41c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e0a0f41c | |
Commando (1985) / int_e43130c1 | type |
Interrupted Intimacy | |
Commando (1985) / int_e43130c1 | comment |
Interrupted Intimacy: Happens during the brawl between Matrix and Cooke. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e43130c1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e43130c1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e43130c1 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
Commando (1985) / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: General Kirby is blatantly inspired by Colonel Trautman. Matrix himself is essentially a tongue-in-cheek version of Rambo. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e5421161 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e5421161 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e5421161 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e6291d05 | type |
Percussive Maintenance | |
Commando (1985) / int_e6291d05 | comment |
Percussive Maintenance: How Matrix starts the amphibious plane. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e6291d05 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e6291d05 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e6291d05 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e663d3ef | type |
Only a Flesh Wound | |
Commando (1985) / int_e663d3ef | comment |
Only a Flesh Wound: Averted. When Matrix is shot in the shoulder by Bennett, his right arm is mostly out of the fight, he even comments on it and can't use it for much aside for holding impromptu shields and weapons. It seems fine by the end though. Played completely straight throughout with Matrix's leg and abdomen wounds, suffered after a being a little to close to a live grenade. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e663d3ef | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e663d3ef | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e663d3ef | |
Commando (1985) / int_e90a93b2 | type |
Creepy Monotone | |
Commando (1985) / int_e90a93b2 | comment |
Creepy Monotone: Arius. He's very calm even when threatening Matrix and his daughter Jenny. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e90a93b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e90a93b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e90a93b2 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e933b1f7 | type |
Follow That Car | |
Commando (1985) / int_e933b1f7 | comment |
Follow That Car: | |
Commando (1985) / int_e933b1f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e933b1f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e933b1f7 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e956457f | type |
Freddie Mercopy | |
Commando (1985) / int_e956457f | comment |
Freddie Mercopy: Bennett, of course. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e956457f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e956457f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e956457f | |
Commando (1985) / int_e9e35e8f | type |
Exact Words | |
Commando (1985) / int_e9e35e8f | comment |
Exact Words: When Cindy asks about Sully: At one point, Arius asks Bennett if he thinks Matrix will give them any trouble. Bennett responds that Matrix will do exactly as he's told "as long as he thinks he'll get his daughter back." Matrix by this point has already admitted to Cindy that he knows they would just kill Jenny even if he did carry out the assassination, hence him going rogue. When the main villains learn Matrix wasn't even on the plane, Bennett doesn't even look surprised. | |
Commando (1985) / int_e9e35e8f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_e9e35e8f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_e9e35e8f | |
Commando (1985) / int_ead7e42e | type |
Walking Armory | |
Commando (1985) / int_ead7e42e | comment |
Walking Armory: In the final battle, Matrix carries an assault rifle, a shotgun, an Uzi, a Desert Eagle, a rocket launcher, some grenades, mines and a huge combat knife or three. During the said battle, he pilfers a corpse for a machine gun and takes a couple rotary saw blades out of a toolshed. | |
Commando (1985) / int_ead7e42e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_ead7e42e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_ead7e42e | |
Commando (1985) / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
Commando (1985) / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: Quite a few. During the mall fight Matrix hits a security guard in the groin, followed by possibly grabbing Sully by the balls when he picks him up. Later Matrix grabs Cooke by the groin, complete with a close up of Cooke's face as he lets out an exaggerated moan of pain. During the motel fight, and another possibly off-screen groin attack when Matrix takes out a mook at the bad guy's secret hideout. Finally, a mook catches an axe between the legs in the extended toolshed scene. Bennet tries to make one against John with a sidearm during his Villainous Breakdown. | |
Commando (1985) / int_eaf5a1ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) / int_eaf5a1ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Commando (1985) | hasFeature |
Commando (1985) / int_eaf5a1ac | |
Commando (1985) / int_eb28ab57 | type |
Bound and Gagged | |
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Bound and Gagged: Jenny is presented this way to Matrix by the bad guys, in order to get him to comply. | |
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Match Cut | |
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Match Cut: The Seaplane Matrix and Cindy is on makes its landing near Arius' Island hideout... just as the other plane Matrix was supposed to be on board lands in Val Verde airport. | |
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Undying Loyalty | |
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Undying Loyalty: Arius recruits his Mooks (aside from Bennett and possible his other higher-ups) on the basis of loyalty. Unfortunately this comes at the expense of competence. | |
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You Will Be Spared | |
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You Will Be Spared: "You're a funny guy, Sully. I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last." He lied. | |
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Ceiling Cling | |
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Ceiling Cling: The method used by Matrix when cornered in a shed by enemy soldiers. A group of soldiers fills the shed with lead, then throws the doors open, fully expecting to find Matrix dead, only for Matrix to drop from its ceiling and eliminate the guards using the tools he can get his hands on. | |
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Faking the Dead | |
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Faking the Dead: Bennett is apparently blown up in his boat by Cooke in the pre-title sequence, but it's only to mislead Kirby. | |
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Heroic Neutral | |
Commando (1985) / int_fae64ace | comment |
Heroic Neutral: Matrix just wants to be left alone with his daughter, and turns down the Army's offer at the end of the film to do just that. He kept his word too: there never was a sequel. | |
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The Comedy Drop | |
Commando (1985) / int_fb6666b4 | comment |
The Comedy Drop: Played for Black Comedy as Matrix is holding Sully, one of the men who kidnapped his daughter, over the edge of a bridge by one ankle. | |
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Artistic License – Physics | |
Commando (1985) / int_fc225bec | comment |
Artistic License – Physics: When Matrix throws grenades in the final battle, they blow up much faster than the fuse would realistically burn. In the finale, Matrix throws circular saw blades with enough force to rend one man's skull and penetrate another man's rib cage and heart. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: "You're a funny guy, Sully, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last". Viewers unaware of this film may have forgotten about that line, when Matrix finally catches Sully and they discover he lied. | |
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Situational Hand Switch | |
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Situational Hand Switch: Matrix has to use his knife with his left hand instead of his right in the climax because Bennett shot him in the arm. | |
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