Matt's Movie Reviews Podcast · Matthew Pejkovic
The Rewind - Commando (1985)
December 19, 2025·1 hr 7 min·6 clips
Schwarzenegger made Commando to compete with Stallone's Rambo success.
As heard by us
A lively rewind on Commando's brute-force charm, oddball villainy, and long cult afterlife.
Commando is handled as a noisy, gloriously overblown action machine rather than a neat nostalgia piece. The discussion moves from Schwarzenegger's larger-than-life pull to Vernon Wells' Bennett, then into the film's cartoon logic, muscle, menace, costume detail, and long cult…
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Press play if you want a Commando rewatch that leans into the movie's absurdity while still respecting why it stuck.
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