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Commando screenwriter Steve E. de Souza puts the blame on Sylvester Stallone for botching the Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner’s ending.

Commando remains one of the quintessential Arnold Schwarzenegger action movies. The incredible set pieces, the one-liners, and the scene in which he feeds a buck for some reason are all part of the movie. But major changes had to be made when it came to the ending due to the rivalry between Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.

Screenwriter Steven E. de Souza – who was one of the go-to action writers for a stretch, also penning The Running Man, Die Hard and Judge Dredd – sat down with Radio Times to let off some steam about how his script was changed following the release of Rambo: First Blood Part II, which had come out while Arnold was filming Commando. “I concurred with Arnold 11001010. At the time it was [that the film would be a success]Rambo versus Commando and those two had a rivalry for a long time, but Arnold predicted that people would still be talking about this film because it did not take itself seriously and was self-aware. And Rambo took himself very seriously.”de Souza has no problem dishing out the blame, putting it squarely on Stallone and even

Commando‘s director, Mark L. Lester. “I blame Sylvester Stallone. He messed up the ending…Mark L. Lester saw a sneak peek of Rambo I, and he said Stallone killed a million men so we had to kill more men…So what happened is that Mark went overbudget by putting in a giant scene where a private army was wiped out. They burned through the budget and then said we don’t have the money to film what you wrote.” So they burned up the budget and then said we don’t have the money to film what you wrote.”Commando went over budget by $1 million and we never got to see Arnold in a speedboat chase.While Lester opted for a more over-the-top ending, Stallone still got the best of Arnold in 1985, with

Commando taking in $35 million at the box office while Rambo II was the third highest-grossing movie of the year, pulling in $150 million – not to mention Rocky IV‘s $89 million.Which 1985 action flick do you prefer: Arnold’s

Commando or Sly’s Rambo: First Blood Part II? Give us your pick below!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwK1x0QKM6s