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: ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU
To the casual film goers the name Ryoo Seung-wan may not exactly be familiar. Even having directed such action classics as No Blood No...
MAAC Review: NIGHTSHOOTERS
Cheap low budget British action fare where a crappy film team doing a cheap low budget zombie movie gets into trouble when witnessing some...
MAAC Review: The Equalizer 3
Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 brings Denzel Washington’s Robert McCall back one last time for what is reportedly the final part of one of...
MAAC Review: The Old Woman With The Knife
An action movie starring a veteran star isn't exactly new. Christ, Liam Neeson has built his latter day career on them. Even so, I...
MAAC Review: BOSS LEVEL
It seems like forever since I remember Joe Carnahan speaking of his latest feature Boss Level. In a way it has been, as Carnahan...
MAAC Review: DETECTIVE DEE – THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS
TSUI HARK is without a doubt one of Hong Kong cinemas greatest directors and has renewed himself multiple times through the years. His movies...
MAAC Review: Take Cover
While he may have appeared in the recent The Killer's Game (2024), Scott Adkins fans may have been disappointed by how limited his screen...
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...
MAAC Review: THE BIG UGLY
I had first become aware of director Scott Wiper through the film A Better Way to Die (2000) which he not only wrote and...
MAAC Review: Captain Marvel
Kicking off with Iron Man (2006), the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) has gone from strength to strength. Bringing together a full roster of its...
MAAC Review: The Mercenary
For the past few years, Jesse V. Johnson has become one of the shining lights in action cinema. The likes of Savage Dog (2017),...
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: RE-BORN
Here in the west actor/martial artist TAK SAKAGUCHI is probably most known for the cult low-budget gangster/zombie-flick 'Versus' (Ryûhei Kitamura, 2000) as well as...
MAAC Review: The White Storm 3 – Heaven Or Hell
I never imagined all those years ago when I was watching exploitation classics like The Untold Story (1993) and Ebola Syndrome (1996) that almost...
MAAC Review: A CLEAR SHOT
Based on a true story, Nick Leisure's A Clear Shot is bolstered with good performances and a tension filled plot. Unfortunately it is hampered...
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: TOKYO GHOUL S
Based on Sui Ishida’s popular Manga, the first Tokyo Ghoul (2017) took place in a Tokyo where the population knew of the existence of...
MAAC Review: LEGACY OF LIES
The recently released Legacy of Lies marks a slight change of pace for leading man Scott Adkins. Sure there are the expected martial arts...
MAAC Review: Ice Road – Vengeance
When The Ice Road (2021) was released, I remember thinking that it was an enjoyable but fairly disposable Liam Neeson vehicle. What I didn’t...
