![]() ![]() This is fantastic since it sets up a villain who you would never believe could beat Matrix, given everything we’ve seen in the movie, but the fact that HE believes it, kind of makes the viewer believe it, too. HE takes himself seriously, and not only that, but the other characters take him seriously, too. You look at this dude, and you’re like, "yeah, okay." In fact, you may even laugh like I did. What I love most about Bennett is that he looks like some average dude, and yet, he compares himself to Matrix as if they’re equals. The story is set into motion by a South American dictator named Arius (Dan Hedaya), but the true big bad is a former member of Matrix’s team named Captain Bennett (Vernon Wells) who legit wears chainmail, and can intimidate with only a whisper. (Image credit: 20th Century Fox) Bennett Is Both The Least Likely Main Villain Ever, And Also The Best Dick story.īut, when it comes to raw, stupid, "get some popcorn, and shut your brain off, dummy," action, there is nothing, and I mean nothing, better than Commando when it comes to big, dumb (and fun!) action movies. Hell, my favorite Arnold movie of all time is Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall, which is based off of a Philip K. Some people like action films that have depth, for example something like Skyfall, or Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and yeah, those movies are great, too, for what they are. The whole purpose of the plot is to give Arnold a reason to kill hapless foes, and spit one-liners, which for me, are the perfect ingredients for an action movie. Honestly, this story sounds like it could be swapped with the game Bad Dudes, and nobody would tell the difference. A retired soldier lives an idyllic life with his daughter, but then she’s kidnapped and he has to kill everybody in his path to get her back. But, that’s a topic for another day.īack to Commando. We sometimes talk about video game movie and TV adaptations, and one common complaint that action movies used to get quite frequently is that they “felt like a video game.” As if that’s a bad thing! Well, with some people calling The Last of Us TV show “a masterpiece," maybe people will stop ragging on movies for being like video games. (Image credit: 20th Century Fox) The Plot Is So Simple And Pure, That It Almost Feels Like A Video Game (In A Good Way!) I mean, if that one-liner isn’t a thing of beauty, then I don’t know what is. When Sully agrees, saying, “That’s right, Matrix, you did!” he replies, “I LIED,” and then drops him to his death. ![]() He’s dead tired.” Or, how about my favorite part of the whole movie, when he holds a character named Sully by the ankle over a huge drop, and asks him if he remembers when he said he would kill him last. Or what about when Matrix cracks one of his enemy’s necks on a plane, and when the stewardess comes by, he says, “Don’t disturb my friend. He said only one word of dialogue, but it makes me crack up, every time. Those are all great, and whenever anybody wants to do an Arnold impression, they’ll always go back to that well, but the best one-liners in his entire career come from Commando, and it’s because they’re all completely situational.įor example, there’s a great part early on where the villains take John Matrix’s daughter, played by Alyssa Milano, and a man tells Matrix that he has to cooperate with them, right? And you know what he says? “Wrong,” and shoots the man dead in his seat. “Get to da choppa!” “Who is your daddy, and what does he do?” “I’ll be back.” Yeah, yeah, yeah. (Image credit: 20th Century Fox) The One-Liners In This Movie Are A Thing Of Beauty ![]()
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