MAAC Review: American Born Chinese
For years it has been a popular trope to partner the coming of age story with the fantasy genre. Some of the most successful...
MAAC Review: DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF
After scoring a leading role in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire (2011), it seemed a sure bet that Gina Carano would become one of Hollywood’s new...
MAAC Review: ONE SHOT
In comparison to previous years, 2021 has been a quiet year for Scott Adkins in terms of film releases. This doesn’t mean he has...
MAAC Review: RAILROAD TIGERS
RAILROAD TIGERS is an action comedy starring the one and only JACKIE CHAN and is directed by DING SHENG. Director Sheng is best known...
MAAC Review: THE WHITE STORM 2 – DRUG LORDS
Released in 2013, Benny Chan’s The White Storm was an homage to the heroic bloodshed movies that became popular in the 80’s and 90’s,...
MAAC Review: Extraction 2
Whilst the finale of Extraction (2020) had Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) take a bullet to the throat before falling hundreds of feet into the...
MAAC Review: Eye For An Eye 2
Coming on the heels of the first movie, Eye for an Eye 2 continues the saga of blind swordsman Cheng Yazi (Xie Miao), with...
MAAC Review: 100 Yards
Coming from distributor Well Go USA, 100 Yards is everything I had hoped it would be and a little bit more. Focusing on the...
MAAC Review: KINGDOM
Based on Yasuhisa Hara's popular manga of the same name, Kingdom tells of the early days of famed Chinese general Li Xin (Kento Yamakazi)...
MAAC Review: Expend4bles
The Expendables are back, albeit with a different lineup. This time they are hired by C.I.A. Agent Marsh (Andy Garcia) to enter Libya, with...
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: Polar
Polar generates no heat in the action department. Trying so hard to be cool and bafflingly out of touch, settles for one of those...
MAAC Review: Young Ip Man
Another month, another Ip Man movie. Of course I’m over exaggerating but it doesn’t seem that long since the last film was released featuring...
MAAC Review: Accident Man – Hitman’s Holiday
Although he has appeared in Day Shift (2022) and Section 8 (2022), Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday actually marks Scott Adkins first leading role of...
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: BATTLE OF JANGSARI
Korean cinema has a good track record when it comes to war epics. The likes of Kang Je-gyu’s Taegukgi (2004) and Jang Hoon’s The...
MAAC Review: THE SWORDSMAN
You can always rely on the good people at Well Go USA to bring western audiences the best in Asian action movies. They have...
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: REDEMPTION DAY
Soon to be released by Saban Films, Redemption Day marks the feature length directorial debut of Hicham Hajji. The main plot focuses on army veteran...
MAAC Review: The Old Way
Last year, streaming platform iQIYI released period actioner The Wild Blade of Strangers (2024). A Max Zhang vehicle, the film had more than its...
