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Monkey Man (2024)

Directed by Dev Patel

Action | Thriller

Most recently watched by VicnaLobster, CaptainBigTime, AllAboutSteve, lordofthemovies, sleestakk

Overview

Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Rated R | Length 121 minutes

Actors

Dev Patel | Sikander Kher | Pitobash Tripathy | Adithi Kalkunte | Jatin Malik | Makrand Deshpande | Ashwini Kalsekar | Vipin Sharma | Sobhita Dhulipala | Sharlto Copley | Brahim Achabbakhe | Jomon Thomas | Pehan Abdul | Suhaimi | Vijay Kumar | Jino Achankunju Samuel | Kalih Dewantoro | Alan Jiraiya | Baby Tamba | Abhiram Reddam | Harshit Mahawar | Winai Wiangyangkung | Dayangku Zyana | Christopher Oba Warella | Fahad Scale | Reva Marchellin | Teddy Khannayan | Renren Subramany | Zakir Hussain | Agus Mulana | Quraish Aattamimi | Joseph J.U. Taylor | Mathi Alagan

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
04/10/2024Movie ScreenDigitalTheater7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Has way more in common with Korean action thrillers and East Asian action films like ONG BAK than anything American, which is a good thing. Could have used more medium shots, especially during the action scenes to better ground everything. My biggest complaint on first viewing is the, at times downright claustrophobic, amount of extreme closeups and constant camera movement during the first two thirds of the film.

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