Muscle icon Arnold Schwarzenegger has had a number of classics in his long action career. The Austrian-born’s best films include genre milestones such as Terminator, Terminator 2 – Judgment Day and Predator. Who the ultimate action role of Arnie only needs a Disney+ subscription.
You can stream The Phantom Commando here *, showing Schwarzenegger at the height of his action career.
Arnold Schwarzenegger ascends the action testosterone throne in Phantom Commando
In the action-inferno by Mark L. Lester, Arnie plays John Matrix, a former special forces officer who prefers to spend more time with his family. When his daughter is kidnapped by a former colleague and he is blackmailed into committing political assassination, Schwarzenegger’s main character embarks on a rescue mission as a merciless one-man army.
Terminator (2) and Predator are clearly the better films of the actor’s career, yes the quintessence of Arnie’s iconic status as an action legend is in The Phantom Commando!
After the prelude, the simple story only runs as a series of action sequences and absurd one-liners that are screwed to at least as dizzying heights as John Matrix’ Body Count. The Phantom Command therefore holds unsurprisingly to date Schwarzenegger’s record for most opponents flattened (according to Digital Spy there are 81).
No wonder, because in the finale at the latest, the protagonist unleashes an arsenal of weapons, including a bazooka that turns everything to rubble. So if you want to see Arnie at the height of his action “art”, you have to see The Phantom Commando.
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