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...
MAAC Review: Chief Of Station
After taking us to the distant past with his last feature Boudica (2023), director Jesse V. Johnson is now back in the here and...
MAAC Review: Monkey Man
I doubt anyone who witnessed Dev Patel’s breakthrough roles in Skins (2007) and Slumdog Millionaire (2008) would have expected him to go on to...
MAAC Review: The Wild Blade Of Strangers
Debuting on streaming service iQIYI, Le Wei’s The Wild Blade of Strangers is another in a series of higher quality actioners that have appeared...
MAAC Review: Road House
It’s amazing to think that the original Road House (1989) is now 35 years old. Whilst it didn’t set the box office alight upon...
MAAC Review: Polar Rescue
Polar Rescue (2022) brings together action superstar Donnie Yen and director Lo Chi-Leung for the first time. Considering Leung was behind quality actioners like...
MAAC Review: One-Percent Warrior
Unlike his previous actioner Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020) where he took on 400 opponents, Tak Sakaguchi has downsized his adversaries for his latest starring...
MAAC Review: Argylle
Opening to a $20 million weekend (on a $200 million budget) and coupled with a host of scathing reviews isn’t exactly the greatest start...
MAAC Review: Lights Out
Christian Sesma’s previous film Section Eight (2022) had a decent pedigree in terms of action stars and acting legends. Not only did it feature...
MAAC Review: Alienoid – Return To The Future
With it now being a year and a half since the release of Dong-hoon Choi’s Alienoid (2022), I felt that it was worth revisiting,...
MAAC Review: Wanted Man
During my review for The Best Man (2023), I noted that Dolph Lundgren had starred in a number of inferior movies. The poor quality...
MAAC Review: The Bricklayer
To say that Renny Harlin has had a rollercoaster career would be an understatement. In the space of several years he reached the absolute...
MAAC Review: One More Shot
The one take action scene has become something of a trope within the genre. When carried off well they can really make an action...
