Commander

1988

Action / War

4
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 216 216

vietcong exploitation gunfight u.s. soldier american abroad jungle warfare

Plot summary

Commander and his small band of freedom fighters make life difficult for the VC after the Vietnam War is over. They free Vietnamese prisoners, and destroy enemy convoys every chance they can get. This severely upsets the evil Russian Vlasov, who is working with the VC in various nefarious enterprises. An ultra-violent, Rambo style movie filmed in the Philippines.

Director

Ignazio Dolce Photo
Ignazio Dolce

Top cast

Craig Alan Photo
Craig Alan as Sgt. Roger 'Commander' Craig
Ken Watanabe Photo
Ken Watanabe
Tanya Gomez Photo
Tanya Gomez as Cho Lin
Eric Hahn Photo
Eric Hahn as Russian Boat Crew
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1005.88 MB
1056*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 7
1.82 GB
1584*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by amesmonde

Well staged, silly and ultra violent.

Commander and his small band of freedom fighters goes on one last mission to stop the remains of the VC and evil Russian Vlasov, who is working with the VC in various nefarious enterprises.Writer director Ignazio Dolce under the pseudonym Paul D. Robinson along with Larry Jonathan who co-wrote the screenplay delivers a competent wall to wall actioner with plenty of stunts and explosions.In the first few minutes Sgt. Roger 'Commander' Craig blows up a convoy, destroys a bridge; rescues prisoners and kills twenty soldiers. Commander is indeed very efficient in this glorious Rambo First Blood Part II jungle action ripoff.Dolce's on location Philippines shoot offers a great backdrop to the death and mayhem throughout. Simon Boswell music with a James Horner vibe is fitting and compliments the on screen Veteran's antics. There's a few poignant moments littered throughout.Craig Alan is not looking for an Oscar and does his best Rambo, however, David Light steals every scene as Colonel Vlasso. Mike Monty of Zombie 3 appears briefly as Major. Ken Watanabe shows up, he went on to bigger and better films. Company man Colonel played by James Clevenger is notable.Overall, surprisingly well staged, silly and ultra-violent from beginning to end.
Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 3 / 10

Roger Craig!

Directed and written by the Italian director Ignazio Dolce, who went from being an actor to directing six films of his own (the others are L'ammazzatina, Last Platoon, Leathernecks, Last Flight to Hell and La Spina del Papavero), this movie finds its hero Sgt. Roger "Commander" Craig - yes, the guy's name is is a rank higher than his actual rank - putting together his own army that stays around at the end of Vietnam and makes things so rough that the Russians need to come and help.Now, Commando wants to bring his pregnant wife back to the United States and makes a deal with his old commanding officer to steal some important Russian electronics for two passports and a safe trip home. This leads to a Russian soldier named Vlassov blowing our hero's adopted village up real good - many bamboo huts gave their all for this movie - and killing his wife's entire family before taking her captive.There are two insane things in this movie: special pills that simulate death and a water torture scene with a plastic bag that looks way too uncomfortable not to be fake. That's the struggle that Americans in Vietnam movies set in the Philippines are willing to take for you. They will look death right in the face.Bonus: A Simon Boswell score!
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