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: 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: HYDRA
After plying his trade as a stuntman and action choreographer for over a decade, Kensuke Sonomura finally makes his directorial debut with low budget...
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: SKYLIN3S
I must say that when I originally viewed the sci-fi movie Skyline (2010), I never imagined that it would have been the start of...
MAAC Review: SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME
Out of all the blockbusters to be released this year, Spider-Man: No Way Home has personally been my most anticipated. With the release of...
MAAC Review: I AM VENGEANCE – RETALIATION
I first became aware of director Ross Boyask when UK publication Impact ran a series of articles on homegrown indie action movies. The articles...
MAAC Review: American Born Chinese
For years it has been a popular trope to partner the coming of age story with the fantasy genre. Some of the most successful...
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: 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: KICKBOXER – VENGEANCE
The original 1989 'Kickboxer' was one of my favorite Jean-Claude Van Damme classic growing up, so I have been waiting for this remake to...
MAAC Review: SIBERIA
Diamond merchant Lucas Hill (Keanu Reeves) travel to St. Petersburg to close a deal. He finds himself in a tight spot when he discovers...
MAAC Review: HELLBOY
It has been over ten years since the release of the last Hellboy film. Although not as financially successful as its more famous comic...
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: 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: 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: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.3
One of the more hotly anticipated MCU titles, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 marks the final chapter for the franchise, at least with this...
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...
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: Star Wars – THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
So it has come to this. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker not only marks the end of the trilogy started four years ago...