So, the film begins with some people kidnapping John Matrix's daughter or else blah blah blah who cares. John goes and kills everybody until he gets his daughter back. The end.
In the meantime, we have muscles, guns, grenades, muscles, camouflage, muscles, rocket launcher, Arnie in a speedo, a cute girl, muscles.
Anyone who opposes him dies. Anyone who lasts more than two seconds on screen gets a One-Liner from Arnie before they die.
This movie absolutely plays all the tropes of 80's action films straight. And while it is cliche, it pushes every one of these tropes to their logical extreme until it defines the tropes and the genre as a whole. And as such, it becomes a classic.
It is a very pure film. It takes everything that is 80's action and extracts its very essence, cutting away everything extraneous. We don't need plot, we don't need character development. What we need is more flexing, explosions, guns, and one-liners.
This film defines Arnold Schwarzenegger and the entire Action Movie genre
So, the film begins with some people kidnapping John Matrix's daughter or else blah blah blah who cares. John goes and kills everybody until he gets his daughter back. The end.
In the meantime, we have muscles, guns, grenades, muscles, camouflage, muscles, rocket launcher, Arnie in a speedo, a cute girl, muscles.
Anyone who opposes him dies. Anyone who lasts more than two seconds on screen gets a One-Liner from Arnie before they die.
This movie absolutely plays all the tropes of 80's action films straight. And while it is cliche, it pushes every one of these tropes to their logical extreme until it defines the tropes and the genre as a whole. And as such, it becomes a classic.
It is a very pure film. It takes everything that is 80's action and extracts its very essence, cutting away everything extraneous. We don't need plot, we don't need character development. What we need is more flexing, explosions, guns, and one-liners.
And this film delivers.