Ninja in the Dragons Den is an easily digestible action/comedy that puts Conan Lee's formidable acting and acrobatic skills on display. Some of the best scenes occur right in the beginning of the movie. There's a fight scene about 10 minutes in where the "raging bull" challenges people to fights on stilts. I was surprised at how hard hitting and believable the fight was, and how intense the falls are when you drop from an extra 3 feet! The following…

Upon viewing this movie for the first time, I instantly fell in love. The fight choreography, acting, and story all come together in a really special way. The plot may not be the most high-art script ever written, but it's certainly coherent and acts as a baseline for the action and comedy elements. I've seen some reviews that weren't a fan of Conan Lee in favor of Chow Yun-Fat, but I highly disagree. Conan Lee is a well built, superb…

When I say that this is a perfect "shut your brain off and watch" movie, I don't mean it in a bad way. Commando captures every aspect you'd want out of a classic 80s action flick. Cheesy but memorable one liners, epic guitar riffs and sax stings, and a giant Austrian protagonist to take charge and save his daughter. Whether he's dangling bad guys over a cliff or storming a South American villa with an army's worth of guns strapped…

After wading through 5 minutes of production logos, we hit the ground running with a drug bust about to take place with just enough time for exposition. The pacing in the beginning of the movie is intense. Immediately we go from a violent close quarters shootout to an explosive drive through (literally through) a countryside village to one of my favorite scenes, Jackie Chan hanging from a speeding bus with only an umbrella. I was blown away by the action…