Ahnuld goes "Commando"

[Despair]

You callin Eraser GOOD ????????? Man, its one of his worst films, at least to me. I honestly tried to give it another try recently, and the first 30 or so minutes are decent Arnold flick, but once he gets blown off the plane it becomes ridiculous. I would understand if he was playing his Terminator character, then some of the things happening to him would be ok, but regual human, even Arnold. No friggin way. It just became worse and worse, especially where Arnie walks out of the building with ton of baddies firing at him with EVERYTHING they got and not hitting him, while he stands there in PLAIN view. Not a friggin scratch. Or how about the scene where Arnie runs under fire from Russian mob, in slow motion(nevermind that his just got his arm and leg shot) and yelling in his best: AAAAAAAAAAARHHHRH !!! Again no one can hit Huge Arnie target. And how about the film hyppocracy that US base mob is better than Russian mob just because they are PATRIOTIC and helping the hero????

I really like Red Heat. Arnold has some beautiful lines there, and his russian is hillarious. It has some very cool action scenes as well.

[JMET]

We need a list of films that Arnie has starred in.

I think im going to start an Arnie dvd collection soon..

[Dolemite]

Great review, Bio. The pictures are a nice touch. Commando was released in 1985, however.

Commando is an awesome movie. It's Arnold the way he was meant to be- kicking everyone's ass. Me and a friend actually sat down and counted the number of on-screen deaths, and Matrix kills something like 80 people. That's a lot for one guy to kill in a movie.

My favorite part has to be in the mall when something like 20 security guards pile on top of Arnold and he just throws all of them off, and then body slams the phone booth that Sully's in. That was crazy!

"Sleeting a leeetle girl's throat...ees like cutting warm butter."
"Put the knife away and shut your mouth."

Originally posted by JMET
We need a list of films that Arnie has starred in.

According to IMDB.com (from latest to earliest):

Joe's Last Chance (2003) (pre-production)
Around the World in 80 Days (2003) (filming)
Rundown, The (2003) (post-production) (Cameo Appearance)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) (completed) .... The Terminator
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003/II) (VG) (voice) .... T-850
"Liberty's Kids" (2002) TV Series (voice) .... Baron von Steuben
ABC World Stunt Awards (2002) (TV) .... Host
Collateral Damage (2002) .... Gordy Brewer
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (uncredited) (voice) .... White wolf
6th Day, The (2000) .... Adam Gibson
End of Days (1999) .... Jericho Cane
"Total Recall 2070" (1999) TV Series (uncredited) .... Douglas Quaid
Batman & Robin (1997) .... Mr. Freeze/Dr. Victor Fries
T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996) .... The Terminator
Jingle All the Way (1996) .... Howard 'Howie' Langston
Eraser (1996) .... U.S. Marshal John 'The Eraser' Kruger
Junior (1994) .... Dr. Alex Hesse
True Lies (1994) .... Harry Tasker
Last Action Hero (1993) .... Jack Slater/Himself
Christmas in Connecticut (1992) (TV) (uncredited) .... Man in chair in front of Media Truck
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) .... The Terminator
Kindergarten Cop (1990) .... Detective John Kimble
Total Recall (1990) .... Douglas Quaid
Twins (1988) .... Julius Benedict
Red Heat (1988) .... Capt. Ivan Danko (Russian State Police)
Running Man, The (1987) .... Ben Richards
Predator (1987) .... Major Dutch
Raw Deal (1986) .... Mark Kaminsky, aka Joseph P. Brenner
Commando (1985) .... Col. John Matrix
Red Sonja (1985) .... Kalidor
Terminator, The (1984) .... The Terminator
Conan the Destroyer (1984) .... Conan
Conan the Barbarian (1982) .... Conan
Jayne Mansfield Story, The (1980) (TV) .... Mickey Hargitay
Scavenger Hunt (1979) .... Lars, Gym Instructor
Villain, The (1979) .... Handsome Stranger
Stay Hungry (1976) .... Joe Santo
Long Goodbye, The (1973) (uncredited) .... One of Augustine's Hoods
Hercules in New York (1970).... Hercules

[Despair]

Handsome Stranger and Lars, Gym Instructor must be his most funniest names

[Sqoon]

One of the best lines ever:
"Don't distrub my friend. He's dead tired."

[BioMechanic]

Originally posted by Dolemite
Great review, Bio. The pictures are a nice touch. Commando was released in 1985, however.

Ah crap. First I get the director wrong, now the release date. Thanks man!

Commando is an awesome movie. It's Arnold the way he was meant to be- kicking everyone's ass. Me and a friend actually sat down and counted the number of on-screen deaths, and Matrix kills something like 80 people. That's a lot for one guy to kill in a movie.

YOU DID THAT TOO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!? I think he killed close to that in The Terminator too, but in that he was a machine after all. Eighty! That's a freakin riot! I wonder if he's killed a thousand people on-screen.......

"Sleeting a leeetle girl's throat...ees like cutting warm butter."
"Put the knife away and shut your mouth."

"I love listening to your little pissant soldiers talk tough. They make me laugh. If Matrix was here, he'd laugh too."
"Meester Bennett, my soldiers are patriots."
"Your soldiers are nothing! Matrix and I could kill every one of them *snaps fingers* in the blink of an eye! You just remember that."

OMG I can't believe I remember all that.

Nice list, too, Dolemite - damn, looking at it, he's had a darn cool career. I keep hoping Arnold will reprise as Conan one last time, as the aged king.

Despair - Aw man, I didn't think Eraser was all that bad.

[Despair]

Bio, there are alot of talk about Arnold being in King Konan lately, and I do hope those come true.

As for Eraser, as I said, I wanted to like it, and even gave it a second chance, but alas, it still bad. Oh well, there are still great Arnie flick that make you forget about not so good ones

[BioMechanic]

Wow, no kidding! I had no clue the project was even being considered - that would be awesome.

[Dolemite]

Seems that Arnold has been talking with John Milius, who wrote and directed the first Conan movie, about making a third film. Reportedly, Milius is currently working on a script. A third Conan movie would be great.

[stormy]

feel free to leave Last Action Hero out of that collection. My roomates and i did the same thing before school ended. One great quote from LAH though,
"to be,
or not to be,
NOT TO BE."

Commando is good, but i have to say nothing tops Total Recall for vintage Ahnold. Body count HAS to be higher in that film, i would put money on it.