Tag: Commando
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Locarno Action Spectacle ‘Topakk’ Introduces ‘Flawed’ Hero, Debuts Trailer, Racks Up Sales: ‘We Are Doing It the Old-School Way’ (Exclusive)
Raven Banner Entertainment continues to rack up sales for Richard V. Somes’ action spectacle “Topakk.”“Topakk”(“Trigger”) has been sold to Aud (South Korea), Superfine Films (India), Kinologistika (Cis and the Baltics) and Lighthouse (German-speaking Europe).It’s not the end of good news, as the film – debuting its trailer and produced by Fusee, with Strawdogs Studio Production…
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The Road Warrior’s Stunts Made Some Broken Bones ‘Unavoidable’
If you don’t know him by name, you almost certainly know Vernon Wells by his face if you’re a fan of ’80s movies. He was Bennett, the Aussie villain with the chainmail tank top and Freddie Mercury mustache in “Commando,” and he scared the pants off kids as Mr. Igoe, the sinister hitman with an…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Was at His Most Playful in This Comedy
No actor was bigger in the 1980s than Arnold Schwarzenegger. The former Mr. Olympia was a menacing presence, whether it be as the bad guy in The Terminator or the cool hero in Commando and Predator. Toward the end of the decade, however, he tried something new with 1988’s Twins, Ivan Reitman’s hilarious buddy comedy…
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All 7 Predator Movies Ranked, from ‘Prey’ to the ‘Alien’ Crossovers
Arnold Schwarzenegger kicks off his legendary performance as Dutch, the alien-fighting star of the first and best “Predator” movie, with a warning: “We’re a rescue team, not assassins.” It’s a fitting starting block for the 1987 action classic-turned-seven-film sci-fi series, though you might not know it at first.Sent into the perilous jungles of Val Verde,…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Pushed Himself A Little Too Far While Filming Commando
It’s no secret that Arnold Schwarzenegger is a big guy … and that’s a bit of an understatement. Known for his impressive physique, he was a four-time Mr. Universe winner before becoming a movie star and taking on the role of Colonel John Matrix in “Commando.”Now one of his defining films, 1985’s “Commando” laid the…
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Bappi Lahiri, Bollywood Composer and Singer, Dies at 69
Bappi Lahiri, a celebrated Bollywood singer, composer and politician, died Wednesday in CritiCare in Breach Candy. He was 69.Lahiri had been ailing from various health issues, including sleep apnea.Lahiri’s music popularized disco in the 1980s and ’90s, long after it had left the West, with his music used in films such as “Namak Halal,” “Disco…
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Bollywood Star Vidyut Jammwal Teams With Reliance, T-Series to Produce ‘Ib 71’
Bollywood star Vidyut Jammwal is debuting as a producer via his Action Hero Films outfit and is teaming with Reliance Entertainment and T-Series for espionage thriller “Ib 71.”Jammwal, best known for his “Commando” action film franchise, will also star in the film as an Indian intelligence officer deployed in the run up to the 1971…