MAAC Review: F9 – THE FAST SAGA
Back when I reviewed Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) I had commented on the upcoming F9: The Fast Saga as if...
MAAC Review: The Gray Man
After making one of the highest grossing film in the world, the Russo Brothers would have been forgiven for just giving audiences more of...
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: 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: JIU JITSU
Director Dimitri Logothetis reunites with his Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018) leading man Alain Moussi for martial arts actioner Jiu Jitsu, a decidedly bonkers sci-fi tale...
MAAC Review: Thor – Love and Thunder
The franchise juggernaut that is the MCU shows no sign of stopping, with its latest entry Thor: Love and Thunder proving already to be...
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: 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: White Elephant
After spending time back in WW2 with his Hell Hath No Fury (2021), director Jesse V. Johnson comes back into modern times with his...
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: GODZILLA VS KONG
After a number of delays, Adam Wingard's Godzilla vs Kong is finally upon us, being released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. To...
MAAC Review: SHADOW
After a brief foray into blockbuster filmmaking with The Great Wall (2016), Zhang Yimou finds himself back on more familiar terrain with Shadow (2018),...
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: Hansan – Rising Dragon
Director Kim Han-min made something of a splash a good while back with his epic historical actioner The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014). Telling the...
MAAC Review: Lady Detective Shadow
Lady Detective Shadow (2018) is an upcoming martial arts detective story that is being released without much fanfare. Clearly made with an eye on...
MAAC Review: CHASING THE DRAGON
Co-directed by WONG JING and veteran cinematographer JASON KWAN (which explains how bloody gorgeous the film is), CHASING THE DRAGON is a remake of...
MAAC Review From Fantasia 2020: A WITNESS OUT OF THE BLUE
Released in China last year, A Witness Out of the Blue is finally being released to Western audiences, forming part of Fantasia 2020's lineup.
While...
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: Netflix’s WU ASSASSINS
For a while now television has been the go to place for martial arts fans looking for quality fight action, with AMC’s Into the...
MAAC Review: VANGUARD
Originally scheduled for release at the start of the year before being delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Stanley Tong’s Vanguard has finally secured...
