Commando (1985)

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as former Black Ops commando John Matrix, who comes out of retirement to lead a one-man army against a group of criminals who have kidnapped his daughter. Most of the film takes place in locations around Los Angeles.

Cooke (Bill Duke) steals a Cadillac from Casa de Cadillac at 14401 Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks.

John's remote wilderness cabin is located at 1 Arrowrock Road, Mt. Baldy, CA. However, it is on private property and not visible to the public.

John and Jenny (Alyssa Milano) have a treat at Mt. Baldy Lodge at 6777 Mt. Baldy Road.

John is escorted to the main terminal of Tom Bradley International Airport (LAX), where he meets Sully (David Patrick Kelly).

GPS Coordinates:

33.943835, -118.408191

Opening harbor scenes and later boat shots with Arius (Dan Hedaya) were filmed at the East Basin Harbor in Long Beach. The Vincent Thomas Bridge can be seen in the background of several shots.

Sully follows Cindy (Rae Dawn Chong) into the parking garage back at LAX.

Cindy and John follow Sully out of the airport and down West Century Boulevard.

GPS Coordinates:

33.944759, -118.394630

They track him to the Sherman Oaks Galleria, a totally 80s shopping mall featured in dozens of films that was demolished after sustaining damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

Arius is seen arriving at his estate, actually the San Simeon Pier leading toward Hearst Castle.

The front entrance to the estate was filmed at Greenacres at 1740 Green Acres Drive in Beverly Hills.

The Sunspot Motel where John faces off against Cooke was located at 15101 Pacific Coast Highway until it was demolished.

"Surplus City" - where John takes Cindy "shopping" was filmed at 11797 Sheldon Street in Sun Valley, CA.

Cindy blows up the armored police truck holding John at the corner of South Pacific Avenue & West 12th Street in San Pedro.

The "Val Verde" airport was actually the terminal for Long Beach Airport (4100 Donald Douglas Drive) with some minor redressing.

Back at the San Simeon Pier below Hearst Castle standing in for the Val Verde estate.

Back to the gardens at the Greenacres mansion for the final shootout...

...and the conclusion at the beach at San Simeon.