In the 1985 action classic , retired Special Forces Colonel John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is forced back into action when his daughter, Jenny (Alyssa Milano), is kidnapped by a group of mercenaries . The kidnappers are led by Arius , an exiled South American dictator whom Matrix once helped overthrow, and Bennett , a psychotic former member of Matrix's unit seeking personal revenge. The Ultimatum and Escape
: Arius threatens to kill Jenny unless Matrix travels to the country of Val Verde to assassinate its current president, allowing Arius to regain power.
The story concludes with his former commander, , arriving to ask Matrix to return to duty. Matrix simply declines, departing on the seaplane with Jenny and Cindy. Commando(1985)
: He tracks down and eliminates several high-level goons, including Sully and Cooke, eventually tracing the location of Arius's hidden island base.
: He has roughly 11 hours—the duration of the flight—to find his daughter before the villains realize he was never on the plane. In the 1985 action classic , retired Special
Matrix launches a one-man assault on Arius's villa, systematically dismantling the dictator's private army with an array of heavy firearms and explosives.
: After being forced onto a plane, Matrix kills his guard and jumps from the landing gear just as the aircraft takes off. The story concludes with his former commander, ,
: After killing Arius, Matrix finds Jenny being held by Bennett.
