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Title: Not entirely serious
Review: After 'The Terminator' Arnold Schwarzenegger took a while to find his feet again. 'Red Sonja' was a backwards step, 'Raw Deal' was forgettable and dull, and between them came 'Commando', a live-action comic strip. It wasn't until 'Predator' that his future was assured. 'Commando' is an extremely enjoyable, very silly action film in the mould of 'The A-Team', but with more violence. Anybody who remembers the old arcade game 'Operation Wolf' (the one with the Uzi on the cabinet) will know this film. It's precisely the kind of thing that kids love - Arnold Schwarzenegger mowing down crowds of the same group of extras with a big machine-gun, essentially - done with a tongue so firmly rammed into its cheek that it's very hard to be offended. Action films nowadays are much more wholesome, and 'Commando' belongs firmly in another era, but it's still good fun, especially if you're slightly drunk and / or with a group of friends.
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