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: Echo 8
While she will be known amongst many martial arts fans, Vietnamese-Australian actress Maria Tran isn’t exactly a household name, but she is working hard...
MAAC Review: The Wandering Earth II
It’s no surprise that The Wandering Earth (2019) has been followed by a sequel. While it was certainly a large-scale spectacle, it wasn’t exactly...
MAAC Review: Project Wolf Hunting
Around a decade ago, writer/director Kim Hong-sun brought us the crime thriller Traffickers (2012). Like his most recent feature, sci-fi actioner Project Wolf Hunting,...
MAAC Review: The Ambush
Director Pierre Morel made something of a splash in the action world a number of years ago with cult hit Banlieue 13 a.k.a. District...
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: 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: Black Panther – Wakanda Forever
There has been an abundance of Marvel content throughout 2022 with varying degrees of success. Amongst these was the theatrical releases of Doctor Strange...
MAAC Review: Wolf Pack
Every time there’s a new Zhang Jin/Max Zhang film I get somewhat excited. For years he has been impressing me with his extreme martial...
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: Accident Man – Hitman’s Holiday
Although he has appeared in Day Shift (2022) and Section 8 (2022), Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday actually marks Scott Adkins first leading role 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: Section Eight
I first became aware of director Christian Sesma with the genre hybrid The Night Crew (2015). Whilst clearly inspired by Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk...
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: Alienoid
After a seven year absence, director Choi Dong-hoon returns to the screen with the sci-fi blockbuster Alienoid. The first of a two part saga,...
MAAC Review: Day Shift
After working as a stuntman, stunt coordinator and sometime actor for the last 32 years, J.J. Perry has finally made his directorial debut with...
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: Carter
Director Jung Byung-gil made some waves amongst action aficionados some years back with cult actioner The Villainess (2017). The film worked as a perfect...
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: 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...
