Commando

Commando (1985) is the definitive 1980s one-man-army action film you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Mark L. Lester for 20th Century Fox, it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, and Vernon Wells.

Retired special forces colonel John Matrix is living off the grid with his daughter Jenny when his former squad members start turning up dead. Then Jenny is taken. The man behind it — exiled Latin American dictator Arius — wants Matrix to fly to his country and kill a president. Matrix steps onto the plane. Then he steps right back off it, mid-taxi, and starts the clock on an eleven-hour solo rescue mission. He enlists an unwilling airline worker named Cindy, collects an armory's worth of weapons, and heads for a heavily guarded island.

Screenwriter Steven de Souza built the plot as a stripped-down chase with no subplots and no downtime — every scene escalates. The result is 87 minutes that defined what an action movie could be in the era. Watch Commando (1985) full movie online on iFILM.