MAAC Review: Assassin Club
Assassin Club is yet another attempt by Hollywood to turn actor Henry Golding into an action star. Genre fans will remember Golding’s last attempt...
MAAC Review: Bullet Train
Of all the Hollywood actioners to be released this year, Bullet Train was certainly my most anticipated. Not only does it have a quality...
MAAC Review From Fantasia 2020: FOR THE SAKE OF VICIOUS
Having made its premier at Fantasia 2020, home invasion thriller For the Sake of Vicious is perfect viewing for the midnight movie crowd. Told...
MAAC Review: THE SUICIDE SQUAD
Released to cinemas a week earlier in the UK, James Gunn's The Suicide Squad is finally showing Stateside with a similteanous cinema and streaming...
MAAC Review: The Best Man
It makes me sad when I see an action legend starring in a film that is clearly beneath them. Even the most well known...
MAAC Review: Samaritan
Throughout his lengthy career, superstar Sylvester Stallone has played a number of larger than life characters. As part of this he has even found...
MAAC Review: Preman – Silent Fury
Ever since the release of The Raid (2011), it seems like Indonesia is the go to destination for hard hitting action. Of course they...
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: Plane
Following on from the disappointing Last Seen Alive (2020), Gerard Butler finds himself on more suitable terrain for action thriller Plane. Coming from Mesrine...
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: Violent Night
A couple of years back, directors the Nelms brothers gave us the fantasy tinged action thriller Fatman (2020). The selling point of the film...
MAAC Review: Dark Asset
The trailer for sci-fi actioner Dark Asset didn’t exactly blow me away, but it had some things going in its favor that at least...
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: The Beekeeper
For a good part of his career, it seemed that David Ayer could do no wrong. Even before he sat in the director's chair...
MAAC Review: SPEED 4K
I don’t think many would disagree with me in saying that Speed (1994) is a bonafide action classic. Not only did it cement leading...
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: Operation Fortune – Ruse De Guerre
Due for release at the start of last year before being unceremoniously pulled from distribution at the last minute, Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre...
MAAC Review: The Last Victim
The upcoming The Last Victim is being sold as a Neo Western, although it basically boils down to a straightforward survival thriller, with the...
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: The Man From Toronto
Having turned recently to more dramatic fare in Fatherhood (2021) and True Story (2021), Kevin Hart is back in comedy mode for his latest,...