Jenny Matrix Quotes in Commando (1985)

John Matrix: [reading about Boy George in a pop magazine] Why don't they just call him Girl George? It would cut down on the confusion.

Jenny Matrix: Oh, Dad, that is so old.

John Matrix: Ha Ha. You know when I was a boy and rock'n'roll came to East Germany, the communists said it was subversive.

[thinks and smiles]

John Matrix: Maybe they were right.

Arius: Your father appears to be cooperating. You will be back with him soon. Won't that be nice?

Jenny Matrix: Not as nearly as nice as watching him smash your face in.

[John Matrix, fully restrained in chains, comes out of sedation from being tranquilized. Bennett, Sully, Henriques, and despotic former dictator Arius are staring down at him]

Bennett: [to John] Tranquilizers.

[lunges at him menacingly]

Bennett: I wanted to use the real THING!

John Matrix: Where's Jenny?

[to his shock, John sees Arius]

Arius: [Hispanic voice] You remember me, Colonel?

John Matrix: I remember you, scumbag! Especially the people you've tortured and killed!

Arius: Colonel Matrix, you do not understand a country like Val Verde. It is a country that needs a president who has an understanding of discipline.

John Matrix: Why tell me?

Arius: Because you're going to return to Val Verde and you are going to kill the president that you helped to overthrow me.

John Matrix: Why don't you have Bennett do it? Sounds like something he would get off on.

Arius: Because President Velasquez trusts you, Colonel. After all, he made you the hero of the revolution. Why, Captain Bennett left, shall we say, uh, under a cloud. Yes?

John Matrix: Yeah, 'cause he enjoyed killing a little TOO much.

Bennett: Your training, Matrix.

Arius: You can get close to President Velasquez. You will kill him. You know, Colonel, we went to a lot of trouble to find you.We had to pretend Captain Bennett's death so that General Kirby would become agitated and lead us to you, and now that I have you, you will do exactly as I tell you.

John Matrix: Fuck you.

[Bennett walks to the door panel. Sully twist John's head to the left. Bennett opens the door and John sees Cooke, one of Arius' henchmen, rolling out Jenny, tied up and restrained in a chair]

Jenny Matrix: [muffles in tears] Daddy!

John Matrix: [shocked] Jenny!

[Sully and Cooke draw their guns whilst Bennett puts his knife right to Jenny's neck]

John Matrix: Oh, you bastards!

Arius: Colonel Matrix, if you kill President Velasquez, I will send her back to you. If you try anything else, I will mail her to you in pieces.

Major General Franklin Kirby: Me and your dad have to talk for a minute

Jenny Matrix: Yeah Got a warrant?

Major General Franklin Kirby: [sarcastically] Very funny!

Major General Franklin Kirby: John, we've got a problem. Someone's killing your men.

John Matrix: You gave them new identities.

Major General Franklin Kirby: There must have been a leak. Lawson, Forrestal, Bennett... they've all been hit.

John Matrix: Who's doing it?

Major General Franklin Kirby: You've made enemies all over the world. It could have been the Syrians, the South Americans, the Russians, or a terrorist group. They'll find you.

John Matrix: We were going to make a normal life here.

Major General Franklin Kirby: You will, I promise. I'm going to coordinate with the federal people. We'll nail those bastards before they get close to you.