MAAC Review: Assassin Club
Assassin Club is yet another attempt by Hollywood to turn actor Henry Golding into an action star. Genre fans will remember Golding’s last attempt...
MAAC Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Looking at the blockbusters released so far in 2023, there is a clear difference in quality amongst them. They have ranged from the sublime...
MAAC Review: TERMINATOR – DARK FATE
With 6 movies, a television series and countless video game tie-ins, The Terminator proves to be the franchise that refuses to die. James Cameron’s...
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: THE OLD GUARD
You have to hand it to Netflix, during this lockdown they have truly become a saving grace for action movie lovers, with a variety...
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: 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: Beverly Hills Cop – Axel F
Discounting a failed television pilot, it has been 30 years since Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley graced our screens. There have been multiple attempts since...
MAAC Review: Heads Of State
After the success Ilya Naishuller had with Nobody (2021), it would be an understatement to say that I was excited to see where his...
MAAC Review: We Die Young
After his stellar work in The Bouncer (2018), Jean-Claude Van Damme returns with We Die Young (2019), another small scale feature that focuses more on...
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: ASTRO
Alexander, a billionaire who has developed his private space program, returns from a parallel universe through a black hole with an pointy-eared emo-alien. He...
MAAC Review: Furie aka Hai Phuong
Whether you are a new or old fan of actress/singer/model/director/producer Veronica Ngo aka Ngo Thanh Van, you have no reason to miss Furie aka...
MAAC Review From Fantasia 2020: A WITNESS OUT OF THE BLUE
Released in China last year, A Witness Out of the Blue is finally being released to Western audiences, forming part of Fantasia 2020's lineup.
While...
MAAC Review: GOLDEN JOB
20 years after the innumerable YOUNG AND DANGEROUS movies and spin-offs, the cast reunites for GOLDEN JOB and goes for some inconsequential and nonsensical...
MAAC Review: One-Percent Warrior
Unlike his previous actioner Crazy Samurai Musashi (2020) where he took on 400 opponents, Tak Sakaguchi has downsized his adversaries for his latest starring...
MAAC Review: Furiosa – A Mad Max Saga
It has been 9 years since the release of George Miller’s magnum opus Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). With the success of the film...
MAAC Review: Bodies At Rest
Discounting the derided Cutthroat Island (1995), Renny Harlin directed some of the better Hollywood blockbusters of the 90’s. The likes of Cliffhanger (1993), The...
MAAC Review: MAX CLOUD
The recently released Max Cloud is a clear change of pace and style for leading man Scott Adkins, with his latest being a full...
MAAC Review: Triple Threat
Considering the trailer was released back in 2017, it has taken quite a while for Triple Threat (2019) to secure a release. In the...
