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...
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: I Did It My Way
To say I was looking forward to I Did It My Way would be an understatement. Being a massive fan of Hong Kong action...
MAAC Review: Blind War
As I entered into Blind War, I must admit that I did it with lowered expectations. This is mostly to do with it being...
MAAC Review: Godzilla Minus One
After appearing in several Hollywood blockbusters, everyone’s favorite Kaiju has returned home for his latest outing, Godzilla Minus One. The film marks Toho studio's...
MAAC Review: Mayhem!
Anyone aware of director Xavier Gens' work will know that he isn’t someone to shy away from portraying violence. His feature length debut Frontier(s)...
MAAC Review: Eye For An Eye – The Blind Swordsman
Back in the mid 90’s, action superstar Jet Li starred in several Hong Kong classics. Two of these especially stood out to me at...
MAAC Review: The Marvels
I don’t think many would argue if I said that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is going through something of a rocky patch at...
MAAC Review: Boudica – Queen Of War
Surprise surprise, Jesse V. Johnson has knocked it out the park again. Returning to screens with historical actioner Boudica: Queen of War, Johnson’s latest...
