MAAC Review: KATE
2021 has seen its fair share of female led action movies, with varying results. The decisive Black Widow (2021) didn’t exactly turn out to...
MAAC Review: HAYMAKER
Coming soon from Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfight, Haymaker is a romantic drama with martial arts overtones. The film marks the debut of leading...
MAAC Review: Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
Nostalgia. It can be a double edged sword for a film. Although the return of a beloved character or franchise can certainly help sell...
MAAC Review From Fantasia 2020: SPL – SHA PO LANG (2005)
While there are only a handful of martial arts movies showing at the festival this year, the good people at Fantasia 2020 have made...
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: 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: 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: IN THE BLOOD
IN THE BLOOD can best be described as 'Taken' mixed with 'Turista'. Former MMA star GINA CARANO (Haywire, Fast & Furious 6) plays newlywed...
MAAC Review: The Equalizer 3
Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 brings Denzel Washington’s Robert McCall back one last time for what is reportedly the final part of one of...
MAAC Review: Operation Seawolf
Judging by his previous films as a director, I think it's safe to say that Steven Luke is a fan of war movies. Having...
MAAC Review: TOM YUM GOONG 2 aka THE PROTECTOR 2
In 2005, 'Tom Yum Goong' aka 'The Protector' was release as TONY JAA's follow-up to his jaw dropping debut 'Ong Bak'. Needless to say,...
MAAC Review: KICKBOXER – RETALIATION
KICKBOXER: RETALIATION takes place one year after the events of 'Kickboxer: Vengeance'. Kurt Sloane (Alain Moussi) has left the illegal underground fighting behind him....
MAAC Review: STUBER
The buddy cop genre has featured some of Hollywood’s finest action movies, especially rising in popularity during the golden period of the 1980's. Titles...
MAAC Review: Customs Frontline
Released last year, Customs Frontline is another Hong Kong blockbuster to come from movie legend Herman Yau. It was one of two Yau films...
MAAC Review: Alita – Battle Angel
Based on the famous Manga Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro, Alita: Battle Angel follows the exploits of re-activated cyborg Alita and her quest to find out who she...
MAAC Review: SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS
With the controversy over the handling of the Black Widow (2021) release still fresh in people’s minds, Disney have forged ahead with their second...
MAAC Review: SKYFIRE
It would seem that China is now the go to destination for Hollywood directors to transition towards once their fortunes have begun to wane...
MAAC Review: The Bouncer
Never one to go down the expected career route, Jean Claude Van Damme has shown countless times how willing he is to take risks...
MAAC Review: Hunt
While the runaway success of Netflix’s Squid Game (2021) no doubt opened up its leading man Lee Jung-jae to a wider audience. However, he...
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...
