MAAC Review: The Tai Chi Master
It’s ironic after reviewing the recent Striking Rescue (2024) that my follow up film would be co-directed by the same director. I didn’t know...
MAAC Review: Striking Rescue
While he recently had a supporting role in Expend4bles (2023), it has been quite a while since Tony Jaa has had his own starring...
MAAC Review: The Shadow Strays
Any fans of Timo Tjahjanto’s The Night Comes For Us (2018) would no doubt have been waiting with bated breath for the release of...
MAAC Review: Panda Plan
Fun. Sometimes that's all I'm looking for in a film. It doesn't always need to be high art with fully formed characters to be...
MAAC Review: Take Cover
While he may have appeared in the recent The Killer's Game (2024), Scott Adkins fans may have been disappointed by how limited his screen...
MAAC Review: Long Gone Heroes
In my review for Hounds of War (2024) I joked how it seemed like Frank Grillo seemed to have a new film every week....
MAAC Review: The Mob
I have been a passionate supporter of DTV/VOD action films for many years. Although these productions may lack the resources of their higher-budgeted counterparts,...
MAAC Review: Hounds Of War
Another week brings us yet another Frank Grillo film. While I’m joking, it truly isn’t an exaggeration to say that Grillo is among the...
MAAC Review: Jackpot!
While I was a fan of wrestling in my younger days, the John Cena era mostly passed me by. I didn’t really get a...
MAAC Review: The Killer
Now 35 years old, John Woo's The Killer (1989) is still heralded as one if the best action films ever made. A bona-fide masterpiece,...
MAAC Review: The Union
While he is still getting films released in cinemas, as of late Mark Wahlberg films have been going the streaming route. For the most...
MAAC SPOILER Review: Deadpool & Wolverine
Even the most loyal MCU fan would have to admit that Marvel Studio’s latest output has been somewhat disappointing. Sure, they still put out...
MAAC Review: Kill
Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s Kill (2023) is routinely being touted as the most violent film to come out of India. While I have seen my...
MAAC Review: Beverly Hills Cop – Axel F
Discounting a failed television pilot, it has been 30 years since Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley graced our screens. There have been multiple attempts since...
MAAC Review: Life After Fighting
Bren Foster may not have the same name recognition of other martial arts stars such as Jean Claude Van Damme or Scott Adkins, but...
MAAC Review: Bad Boys – Ride or Die
With Bad Boys for Life (2020) taking in almost half a billion dollars at the box office, a sequel was a foregone conclusion. The...
MAAC Review: Furiosa – A Mad Max Saga
It has been 9 years since the release of George Miller’s magnum opus Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). With the success of the film...
MAAC Review: Twilight of the Warriors – Walled In
While there are still many quality action movies being made in China, not all are afforded Western releases. Even those that are usually end...
MAAC Review: Darkness of Man
It wasn’t until I sat down to watch Jean-Claude Van Damme’s latest Darkness of Man that I realised it has been quite a while...
MAAC Review: The Fall Guy
Anyone who grew up in the 1980s will probably have a recollection of The Fall Guy (1981) TV series, even if it is only...