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
Arnold Schwarzenegger
John Matrix
Rae Dawn Chong
Cindy
Dan Hedaya
Arius
Vernon Wells
Bennett
James Olson
Major General Franklin Kirby
David Patrick Kelly
Sully
Alyssa Milano
Jenny Matrix
Bill Duke
Cooke
Drew Snyder
Lawson
Sharon Wyatt
Leslie
Michael Delano
Forrestal
Bob Minor
Jackson
Michael Adams
Harris
Gary Carlos Cervantes
Diaz
Lenny Juliano
Soldier
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.
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