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A simple buddy cop movie, with a minor Japanese twist. No Chinatown this time around, instead we're getting a crime syndicate controlling Little Tokyo. Cue some cheesy samurai stories and a villain who acts tough but is no real match for our all-American vigilante cop (played by Dolph Lundgren). There are some half-decent action scenes, but it's not enough to turn this into a good movie. The setup is bland, the performances are terrible and even though the film is quite short it still feels like there's too much padding. Fans of 80s action cinema might find something here, and it's not the worst of its kind, but great cinema this is not.Read all
As a kid I never really cared much for US action cinema (I was more of a horror fan), that's why I never watched many of the now famous 80s and 90s action flicks. Commando is one of the big names that I never caught up on, I figured it was about time to remedy that. Can't say I enjoyed it much though. John Matrix is an old army guy who retired to take care of his daughter. Of course, he gets a visit of one of his old army pals, who tells him his old squad is getting decimated. Not much later Matrix gets a visit himself. The terrorists kidnap his daughter and want Matrix to do a job for them. I didn't expect much in the way of acting and direction, with Schwarzenegger in the lead you know what you get. I was more surprised that the action was mostly absent, it isn't until the final 15 minutes that things really start moving. There are some cheesy one-liners and some stilted fights in the first part of the film, but they are just embarrassing. A rather dull film, for nostalgia and irony fans only.Read all
