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Commando d'élite

Original title: Command Performance
  • 2009
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
3.6K
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Dolph Lundgren and Melissa Molinaro in Commando d'élite (2009)
Joe, a drummer and a former member of a biker gang, is forced to utilize his gun-slinging skills when his bandÂ’s show is hijacked by terrorists.
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When the Russian Premier is taken hostage at a rock concert in Moscow, it's up to a drummer, an ex-biker, to save him.When the Russian Premier is taken hostage at a rock concert in Moscow, it's up to a drummer, an ex-biker, to save him.When the Russian Premier is taken hostage at a rock concert in Moscow, it's up to a drummer, an ex-biker, to save him.

  • Director
    • Dolph Lundgren
  • Writers
    • Steve Latshaw
    • Dolph Lundgren
  • Stars
    • Dolph Lundgren
    • Melissa Molinaro
    • Hristo Shopov
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
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    • Director
      • Dolph Lundgren
    • Writers
      • Steve Latshaw
      • Dolph Lundgren
    • Stars
      • Dolph Lundgren
      • Melissa Molinaro
      • Hristo Shopov
    • 25User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dolph Lundgren
    Dolph Lundgren
    • Joe
    Melissa Molinaro
    Melissa Molinaro
    • Venus
    • (as Melissa Smith)
    Hristo Shopov
    Hristo Shopov
    • President Petrov
    Dave Legeno
    Dave Legeno
    • Oleg Kazov
    Clement von Franckenstein
    Clement von Franckenstein
    • Ambassador Bradley
    James Chalke
    James Chalke
    • Vladimir
    Zachary Baharov
    Zachary Baharov
    • Mikhail Kapista
    • (as Zahary Baharov)
    Ivaylo Geraskov
    Ivaylo Geraskov
    • Leonid Gordov
    Shelly Varod
    Shelly Varod
    • Ali Connor
    Katarzyna Wolejnio
    • Maj. Pavlikova
    Ida Lundgren
    • Anna Petrov
    Robin Dobson
    • Yana Petrov
    Raicho Vasilev
    • Anton
    Slavi Slavov
    Slavi Slavov
    • Capt. Simenov
    Naum Shopov
    • Peter
    Atanas Srebrev
    Atanas Srebrev
    • Enzo
    Vladimir Kolev
    • Nikolai
    Harry Anichkin
    • Gen. Voroshilov
    • Director
      • Dolph Lundgren
    • Writers
      • Steve Latshaw
      • Dolph Lundgren
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    User reviews25

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    9fallguy_jack

    Wow Dolph's best movie ever (as the star)

    I assume anything dolph does is going to be a cheesy 80's action flick, even though the 80's are history. But then, an 80's classic action style movie exactly what I want when I sit down to watch one of his films. And yes, it is impressive that he still somehow produces the same kind of movies, although now they are filmed in eastern europe not the states.

    A movie like this is supposed to have implausible action, plot holes and weak dialogue. The selling point is guns, girls, battles and big explosions.

    Amazingly this movie has everything we're looking for, and very little of the things we expect to put up with. Minor plot holes, mostly physically plausible action, and surprisingly some pretty good dialogue, including some actually funny stuff.

    I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and applaud it as Dolph's best work in a long, long time. Let's hope the next one follows suit.

    Good job dude!
    9supertom-3

    Dolph's Commanding Performance! (tee-hee).

    Command Performance delivers! It's a well made, well paced action flick. Like Mechanik, it's better than a lot of the theatrically released rubbish of it's year. I've seen too many horrendous action flicks at the cinemas this year, that rely purely on big budgets, but have nothing else, no effort, no integrity. Like Fast and Furious, Wolverine, Terminator 4. There's a concerted effort here to do something good, that's not only fun, tense, but has a bit of drama thrown in as well. CP is an action fans film. It's 80's style action gold. It kicks ass!

    Dolph stars as Joe, former bad ass biker, with a shady past, who's since turned drummer. The film opens on a rock concert in which Joe is playing in the band backing up star turn Venus (Melissa Smith), who's pretty much a Britney clone. The Russian president and American ambassador are in attendance, meaning that naturally, terrorists will come and start shooting, and hold Presi, hostage. Joe is the reluctant hero, who teams up with an FSB agent to try and bring Kasov (Dave Legano) down. We know from then on what'll happen. Dolph is gonna open a big old can of whoop-ass, and make the terrorists drink it down. Much like the Defender, D's first directing gig, once the terrorists show up, the pace never really lets up. And the film has scatterings of action until the finale. Joe himself is a different character to what Dolph normally plays. He's not straight laced. He's not driven by revenge, and he's not always been on the right side of the law.

    The action itself is good. It's simple put it punches. It's tightly edited, giving it a good pace, and when someone gets shot or killed in close combat, there's a good delivery of blood to show that they ain't gonna be getting back up. The surroundings are tight, claustrophobic, making the action quick, rough, frantic. When Dolph takes someone on in a fight, he goes in fast and hard, using any weapons he can at hands. Dolph's gone for pretty grounded action. Everything needs a base in reality. Joe's tough, he can kick ass, but he kicks ass like a biker, so D doesn't whip out the martial arts moves. And his showdown with Dave Legano, is very much like the end fight in Men Of War. It's down and dirty. The only thing that lets this down, is the budget. After all, this is a Die Hard formula, and it lacks the one big set piece, or a good money shot stunt. Think Bruce jumping off the Nakatomi plaza, or Seagal jumping off a boat in Under Siege.

    The film looks great. Dolph and his DP Marc Windon, have gone for a Bourne/docu kind of vibe. Once the action kicks in, the pace of cutting picks up as well. It gives everything a sense of kinetic energy, without resorting to mindless shaky cam. But more-so, the energy helps hide the small budget. Windon's lighting is naturalistically stylised I supposed you could say. He was going for part Bay, part music vid, part Bourne, and it works. It certainly enhances the production value of the film. As for Dolph, his direction gets better every film. The opening of the film really establishes the style of it brilliantly. It's well shot, and very well edited by veteran cutsman, Peter Hollywood (Adventures of Baron Von Munchhausen, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves). Most importantly, he's got a good sense of cutting action.

    Dolph gives a good performance as Joe. He's laid back, cool, and a bit of a kid at heart. But he's got a bad streak in him, and he has to bring his dark side out when it comes to kicking some A-holes. I worry sometimes about Dolph directing himself, because he's not got the outside perspective on his performance. As Dolph's FSB tag along Mikhail, Zahary Baharov is good. It's an important role that demands not sucking, and Baharov is far from sucking. Melissa Smith does okay. She's not got much of a role at all. As is typical of action flicks, she's got a pretty wafer thin female role. There's little chemistry between Dolph and Smith, if only because the coupling looks pretty funny on screen, more than anything else. Lundgren the 2nd, Dolph's daughter Ida, also stars, and for her screen debut, at 12 years old, does pretty well. The biggest worry was also the bad guy. Die Hard formula flicks live or die by the bad guy. I worried that Legano could bring down the film single handed, but he's actually pretty good. In fact he's one of the best DL villains in a long time. He gives his role plenty of intensity. He's a different villain to Gruber (Die Hard), or Stranix (Under Siege), driven by a different goal. He doesn't wallow in smug, he just gets on with it.

    Overall though, this does not disappoint. It delivers what you want in an action film. It's well made too. The film probably needs a bit more humour in it, though there are plenty of one-liners and sight gags, but could do with a bit more. All the scenes are well done, bar one, which features the three young women of the film. It briefly halts the film, and the dialogue is terrible. But it's the only scene in the film that isn't at least competently done. Mercifully it's short, and then returns back to the D-man. Still, CP is the best DTV actioner of the year by far, and one of the better action films in general. It's just about on a par with The Mechanik. ****
    8roth81

    It's a well made, well paced action flick.

    When the Russian Premier is taken hostage at a rock concert in Moscow, it's up to a drummer, an ex-biker, to save him.

    This movie has everything a good action movie should have... Minor plot holes, mostly physically plausible action, and some pretty good dialog, including some actually funny stuff.

    Dolph is not the greatest actor, but he did a pretty well Job.

    The surroundings are tight, claustrophobic, making the action quick, rough, frantic. When Dolph takes someone on in a fight, he goes in fast and hard, using any weapons he can at hands.

    Once the action kicks in, the pace of cutting picks up as well. But more-so, the tightly editing helps hide the small budget. The lighting is natural. It enhances the production value of the film. The opening of the film really establishes the style of it brilliantly. It's well shot, and very well edited.

    A must see for fans of good action-cinema!
    6thinker1691

    " Men with guns killed my brother, so I killed them, that's why I hate guns "

    In a new movie which is written, directed and stars Dolph Lundgren, he plays the part of 'Joe' a very loud rock drummer. The story is that of a modern Russian President and his two daughters visit a rock concert given for charity. Once the concert begins in high volume, a rouge band of revenge seeking militarists, invade the music hall and begin killing everyone and anyone trying to stop them. Taking hostages, they demand a huge ransom or they will begin killing off their prisoners. What the killers did not count on was a novice secret service presidential guard and an ex-biker, and extremely physically gifted street fighter. Together, they take on the militants and hold them till the Red Army can rescue their president. It's somewhat reminiscent of 'Die Hard' Russian style. The movie is filled with lots of dramatic action, good physical exciting scenes and lots of explosive mayhem. For Lundgren, he still packs a wallop and is good throughout the film, although one wonders if the audience can see the great man is showing his age. Still it's a good movie for his fans as they watch the real-life Drummer take on the bad guys. ****
    7PeterPeterson1

    Finally a good Lundgren movie

    I really enjoyed watching movies like Dark Angel, Red Scorpion and even He-Man ^^, but there are a lot of his movies which suck bad, mainly the new ones. So i wasn't really sure if I wanted to watch another one.

    After watching the latest Universal Soldier, i thought i give him a chance and watched his Command Performance.

    And what should i say more? I liked it. You don't have a Hollywood blockbuster but you have a decent action movie, with some good jokes and lots of action. I really liked the way they were going with violent scenes. Nice use of cuttings and blending.

    10 is far to much but 5 is to less, so i go with 7 points.

    Watch it on TV with your male friends.

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    • Trivia
      Dolph Lundgren is a drummer in real life.
    • Goofs
      During red carpet arrivals we can spot Dolph Lundgren (as director, candid with headphones) in the back among the press when the reporter Ali Connor calls for the blond Russian singer Irson.
    • Quotes

      Venus: Joe, don't get killed.

      Joe: You know when this is over I wanna renegotiate my royalty rate, may need your contacts.

      Venus: How can you talk about business at a time like this? Those bastards are trying to kill us!

      Joe: Dying's easy, rock and roll is hard.

    • Alternate versions
      German version was cut by ca. 2,5 minutes to secure a "Not under 18" rating. Almost every violent part was shortened or completely removed to achieve this. The German version was also presented in the wrong image aspect ratio of 1.78:1 instead of the original 2.35:1 cinemascope.
    • Connections
      Edited from Air Force One (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Lost In Love
      Written by Phillip "Taj" Jackson and Rex Rideout

      Performed by Melissa Molinaro (as Melissa Smith)

      Published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (ASCAP) / Notting Hill Music Publishing o/b/o Uncle Buddies Music,

      Inc. (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Notting Hill Music

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    • Release date
      • June 2010 (Indonesia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Command Performance
    • Filming locations
      • Moscow, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Cat Burglar Productions
      • Red Orm Productions Inc.
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      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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