Commando
Somewhere, somehow, someone's going to pay.
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped.To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army.
- Director
- Mark L. Lester
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $58M
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John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
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Box Office & Release
Commando returned 5.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $10M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $58M
- Release date
- Oct 3, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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