“Commando” is one of the most over the top films I’ve ever seen with every 80s action movie cliché thrown in without any real plot. It’s mindless and has good moments but I’m sure it won’t impress anyone outside the big action movie fan section of the audience.

In “Commando”, a retired commando named John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger “Eraser”, “The 6th Day”) has his daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) kidnapped and he embarks on a mission of vengeance. Nobody is safe with Matrix around as he takes down everybody in sight like the Incredible Hulk. Will Matrix be able to save his daughter in time?

I’m not keen on Schwarzenegger’s role as John Matrix. He seems to have more strength and less emotion than when he played the Terminator, which shows the script has left out any sign of humanity. The bad guys are all stupid but lack charisma so it doesn’t work. If you are going to have a stupid enemy, at least make him memorable and fun as opposed to just a brainless person to add to the film’s large body count. Probably the worst character in it is Bennett (Vernon Welles “Innerspace”, “Weird Science”) as he had the potential to be fun but again he’s just a moron.

“Commando” has more than enough explosions and people killed to satisfy people looking for a brainless action film but the issue is that there is no storyline to match the intensity of the action sequences, instead we get a concept… revenge! Also no humanity in the characters whatsoever does spoil the film as well. With some shred of emotion (you don’t need a lot for this type of film) and a storyline this could have been one of the best action films of the 80s because the action is so amazingly good.