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...
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...
