MAAC Review: Extraction 2
Whilst the finale of Extraction (2020) had Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) take a bullet to the throat before falling hundreds of feet into the...
MAAC Review: Fight Or Flight
I first heard of Fight or Flight at the tail end of 2024. At the time I noted commenters online saying that it was...
MAAC Review: Affinity
2025 is proving to be a great year for Marko Zaror. Only a few months back he was appearing in his old pal Ernesto...
MAAC Review: Polar
Polar generates no heat in the action department. Trying so hard to be cool and bafflingly out of touch, settles for one of those...
MAAC Review: ABDUCTION
Scott Adkins, the hardest working man in action cinema, returns once again with Abduction, an enjoyably silly sci-fi actioner from director Ernie Barbarash and...
MAAC Review: Spiritwalker
After making his directorial debut with crime thriller Heartbeat (2010), director Yoon Jae-keun has finally returned to screens with his sophomore effort, the sci-fi...
MAAC Review: Wonder Woman 1984
The seemingly endless Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in countless film releases either being rescheduled or going direct to streaming. One of the most hotly...
MAAC Review: Sinners
Anyone who read my review for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) will know how disappointed I was in that movie. My disappointment didn’t just...
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: SHAZAM!
After a few rocky years that saw the releases of Batman VS Superman (2016) and Suicide Squad (2016), the DCU finally seems to be...
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 Old Way
Last year, streaming platform iQIYI released period actioner The Wild Blade of Strangers (2024). A Max Zhang vehicle, the film had more than its...
MAAC Review From Fantasia 2020: CRAZY SAMURAI MUSASHI
Tak Sakaguchi (or just Tak as he is now credited) is back once again to unleash all kinds of punishment on many unwitting opponents...
MAAC Review: BATTLE OF JANGSARI
Korean cinema has a good track record when it comes to war epics. The likes of Kang Je-gyu’s Taegukgi (2004) and Jang Hoon’s The...
MAAC Review: THE HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD
I must say that I never expected there to be a sequel to The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) as it didn’t exactly set the world...
MAAC Review: Ghosted
Action comedy Ghosted isn’t exactly the film that I would have expected from Dexter Fletcher. His short filmography is peppered with different types of...
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: BUYBUST
I really wanted to like this. The hype around it has been endearing. What little action has been shown in promotional material has been...
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: 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...
