

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
Practical Effects
Real military hardware and that infamous tool shed sequence, zero CGI.
Stunts
Schwarzenegger actually dropped that guy off a cliff.

Director
Mark L. Lester
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original cut was so violent the MPAA threatened an X rating; 12 seconds of throat-slitting and blood splatter were trimmed.
This film basically invented the '80s action template that Die Hard would perfect three years later—lone hero, ticking clock, disposable foreign villains.