Commando

Comic book stuff, helped out by the presence of Rae Dawn Chong as an airline stewardess whose sarcastic commentary adds some comic counterpoint to the deliberately overscaled action. Read full review

Lester doesn't have the sense of visual style that other directors, like Spielberg and Lucas, bring to their comic-book movies; harshly lit and sometimes amateurish, Commando doesn't last in your eye. And Lester doesn't pace his sequences, allowing the suspense to build -- it's all breakneck, and it tires you out. [04 Oct 1985, p.E3]

Two-thirds of this 90-minute film is mayhem unrelieved by humor and untouched by humanity. Read full review

Lots of machine-gunfire, explosions and disposable khaki-clad extras, as you'd expect. Read full review