MAAC Review: Sakra
With all the publicity surrounding his supporting role in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), many martial arts fans may not have realized that Donnie...
MAAC Review: Ride On
Jackie Chan returns to our screens with Ride On, something of a change of pace for the legendary action star. Released stateside by Well...
MAAC Review: Fist Of The Condor
Chilean action star Marko Zaror will no doubt be known amongst martial arts fans, but to the casual viewer he will be less known....
MAAC Review: John Wick – Chapter 4
Masterpiece. It’s never a word I use lightly, especially when regarding action movies. While there are certainly contenders, only a handful instantly comes to...
MAAC Review: Operation Fortune – Ruse De Guerre
Due for release at the start of last year before being unceremoniously pulled from distribution at the last minute, Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre...
MAAC Review: Code Of The Assassins
Ever since making his debut with What Price Honesty (1993), it has been clear that Daniel Lee is a director with a keen visual...
MAAC Review: Hidden Blade
After making his Western debut in Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Tony Leung Chiu-wai finds himself back on home...
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...
