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...
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...
MAAC Review: SHAFT
Created by novelist Ernest Tidyman, John Shaft was first introduced to cinema audiences with Gordon Park's Shaft (1971). Portrayed by Richard Roundtree, its success...
MAAC Review: BATTLE OF JANGSARI
Korean cinema has a good track record when it comes to war epics. The likes of Kang Je-gyu’s Taegukgi (2004) and Jang Hoon’s The...
MAAC Review: GODZILLA VS KONG
After a number of delays, Adam Wingard's Godzilla vs Kong is finally upon us, being released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max. To...
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: AQUAMAN
Aquaman had quite a bit of hurdles to get through to impress a general audience who aren’t familiar with the character. He has been...
MAAC Review: MORTAL KOMBAT
It’s hard to believe that it has been 26 years since the release of Paul W.S. Anderson’s Mortal Kombat (1995). While it may seem...
MAAC Review: ESCAPE PLAN – THE EXTRACTORS
Rushed into production before the second film was released, Escape Plan: The Extractors has turned out to be a major improvement on the disappointing...
MAAC Review From Fantasia 2020: THE PAPER TIGERS
The martial arts films shown at Fantasia 2020 have featured lone Samurai’s taking on 500 men, MMA musicals and Donnie Yen battling police corruption....
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: BUYBUST
I really wanted to like this. The hype around it has been endearing. What little action has been shown in promotional material has been...
MAAC Review: KUNG FU JUNGLE
Once known as LAST OF THE BEST or KUNG FU KILLER (both very appropriately named), the actual title KUNG FU JUNGLE takes a more...
MAAC Review: Undercover Punch & Gun
Originally titled Undercover vs Undercover, it has taken the better part of four years for Undercover Punch and Gun to finally secure a release,...
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: 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: DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF
After scoring a leading role in Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire (2011), it seemed a sure bet that Gina Carano would become one of Hollywood’s new...
MAAC Review: TOM YUM GOONG 2 aka THE PROTECTOR 2
In 2005, 'Tom Yum Goong' aka 'The Protector' was release as TONY JAA's follow-up to his jaw dropping debut 'Ong Bak'. Needless to say,...
MAAC Review: Bad Boys For Life
It may have taken them seventeen years, but the Bad Boys are finally back in Bad Boys for Life. Older but not exactly wiser,...
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...
