Editing in action movies is underrated and this one is some of best and tightest you'll find.

| Nov 16, 2024

As an action film, it decently collects a handful of clichés for Schwarzenegger to do his thing by arming himself with machine guns and one-liners, but somehow the adrenaline decreases with each body count. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 6, 2022

Commando is full of action but is conflict-free.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 18, 2021

The finale is quite notable, as it boasts an enormous body count and countless expended ammunition; this too is almost hilarious thanks to the chaotic extravagance.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 31, 2020

Commando was Arnold's baby, his vehicle for bringing his unique brand of action-insanity to willing masses.

| Apr 10, 2020

An over-the-top, cartoony, and brilliantly stupid action movie, which can be enjoyed because of its flaws, not despite them. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2019

Brainless, explosion-happy action ('80s style).

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 14, 2010

It might have been fun to watch when I was nine, but knowing what I know now, it is a horribly offensive film.

| Original Score: 57/100 | Oct 26, 2009

An audacious comic-book movie on steroids...cinematic junk food, but even a dieter deserves to cheat once in a while. [Blu-Ray]

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 26, 2008

You're welcome, California!

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 3, 2008

one of the best arguments available for the action movie as pure entertainment

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 7, 2007

serves as a template for many future action flicks

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2007

Comic book stuff, helped out by the presence of Rae Dawn Chong as an airline stewardess whose sarcastic commentary adds some comic counterpoint to the deliberately overscaled action.

| Sep 18, 2007

For action fans, one of the picks of the litter for the year.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 18, 2007

Chong lights up the film like a firefly, Schwarzenegger delivers a certain light touch of his own, [and] the result is palatable action comics.

| Sep 18, 2007

The finale is laughably preposterous, with the speedo-ed commando landing on a remote island, gunning down at least a hundred men with fake moustaches, and indiscriminately blowing up buildings in search of little Alyssa.

| Aug 17, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 12, 2007

Lots of machine-gunfire, explosions and disposable khaki-clad extras, as you'd expect.

| Jun 24, 2006

The greatest guilty pleasure in the history of cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jan 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 13, 2005