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: RUSSIAN RAID
Coming from the good people at Well Go USA, Russian Raid is a martial arts thriller from first time director Denis Kryuchkov. Now Russia...
MAAC Review: Unstoppable
Director Kim Min-ho makes his directorial debut with Unstoppable (2018), a kidnap thriller that is like an everyman version of Taken (2008). Korean cinema...
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: 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: BLOODSHOT
Vin Diesel leaves 'Dominic Torreto' behind for a while, returning to cinema screens with the comic book adaptation Bloodshot. Based on the Valiant comic...
MAAC Review: ANGEL HAS FALLEN
Production company Millennium Films have been involved with some of the more enjoyable action movies to come out of Hollywood in recent years. Like...
MAAC Review: XXX – RETURN OF XANDER CAGE
A three-quel to a franchise that nobody really asked for, XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE somehow finds a way to make it justifiable for...
MAAC Review From Fantasia 2020: SPL – SHA PO LANG (2005)
While there are only a handful of martial arts movies showing at the festival this year, the good people at Fantasia 2020 have made...
MAAC Review: Ip Man – The Awakening
Another month and another Ip Man film is upon us. Directors Li Xi Jie and Zhang Zhu Lin’s Ip Man: The Awakening (2021) finds...
MAAC Review: WRATH OF MAN
Wrath of Man marks the fourth collaboration between director Guy Ritchie and leading man Jason Statham. Both made their feature length debuts with the...
MAAC Review: BIG BROTHER
Domestic and social issues takes precedence over action cinema in Kam Ka-Wai’s well meaning, if somewhat meandering youth drama. Donnie Yen stars as 'Henry...
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 From Fantasia 2020: FOR THE SAKE OF VICIOUS
Having made its premier at Fantasia 2020, home invasion thriller For the Sake of Vicious is perfect viewing for the midnight movie crowd. Told...
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: THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
Oh dear. That's the main thing I thought during the closing credits of The Matrix Resurrections. Was this really the film fans waited 18...
MAAC Review: WIRA
Director Adrian Teh follows up his smash hit Paskal (2018) with the smaller scale, but no less effective, Wira. A superbly paced martial arts...
MAAC Review: ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE
Since being announced, many have been clamouring to see if Zack Snyder's Justice League could truly live up to the hype. Even the announcement...
MAAC Review: Last Seen Alive
Having seemingly relished his turn as the bad guy in Joe Carnahan’s Cop Shop (2021), Gerard Butler finds himself back in hero mode once...
MAAC Review: THE LAST MERCENARY
While cinema going still isn’t exactly back to normal, we have still seen our fair share of blockbusters this year. Still, even with these...
