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From: terryl@tekcrl.UUCP ()
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Subject: Re: Commando--Stay Away (WARNING!! SLIGHT SPOILER!!)
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 14:17:18 EDT
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> Micro review: Better than Rambo, but that's not saying much.
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> ........

     I have to agree totally with this review, but I must mention another
point about how bad this movie is, and that's the continuity (or more exactly,
the lack of it).

     I don't know if it was intentional or not, but there are at least 5
major continuity errors, 2 of which were so obvious that the crowd I was in
was literally yelling at the screen "Wait a minute!!! What about....??"

     Major error number one happens when our hero John Matrix (good ol`
Arnie Whats-His-Name) is chasing major scumbag through the hills above LA.
Major scumbag is driving a Porsche (924, if memory serves correctly, but
probably not). John is driving a mini sports-car/convertible he stole from
Rae Dawn Chong's character. Standard scene with both cars trying to run each
other off the road. John manages to run the Porsche into a small embankment
and Porsche overturns on its left side. John pulls major scumbag out of
Porsche and drops him over a cliff. John then overturns Porsche, and we can
clearly see the left side is all banged up, dented, paint scratched, etc.
But as John and Rae Dawn are leaving the scene, the left side is all brand-
spankin' new and shiny!!! In the next scene, when John and Rae Dawn pull
into a motel, the left side has mysteriously changed back to its damaged
state.

    Major error number two happens when John and Rae Dawn are in an amphi-
bian plane in a secluded cove near an island off the coast of Santa Barbara.
John is getting into a life raft, and it can be clearly seen he has on a
BLACK Speedo swim suit. Scene cuts to John rowing to shore, and then scene
cuts to long shot from jungle on island as life raft lands on the beach.
The person getting out of the life raft has on a LIGHT COLORED Speedo swim
suit!!! Boy, the audience was really screaming at this one!!!

     There are other errors, but these were so blatant EVERYONE in the
audience picked up on them right away. All in all, a VERY BAD film. I'd
definitely stay away from this one (and wished I had!!!)