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Monkey Man

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Monkey Man

R

Released Apr 5, 2024

1h 53m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Dev Patel as Kid, 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.

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Critics Consensus

An audacious effort from debuting director Dev Patel, Monkey Man dispenses action and sociopolitical commentary with equal aplomb.

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Monkey Man's exciting action scenes hit even harder thanks to a really well-written and emotional story.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Monkey Man has dazzling fight sequences, an unremittingly dark tone, and a mesmeric central performance: entry level action it may be, but it’s difficult to be too grouchy with something with so much bravado and grit.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 17, 2024

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (LAist)

For what it is, it's quite effective and Patel is a credible action hero.

Apr 17, 2024

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Dwight Brown

DwightBrownInk.com

Over-the-top violence is rarely this much fun. First time directors are rarely this skillful.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 12, 2024

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Stephen A. Russell

ScreenHub

Bedlam ensues, with Patel on fire, but Monkey Man also makes time for a kick-arse trans storyline that upends expectations, proving the writer/director has plenty of promise to spare.

Dec 10, 2024

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Jack Martin

Film Feeder

Within Monkey Man’s many brutal fight sequences, Patel also makes an exceptionally strong case for being not just a formidable action lead but also a ferocious genre filmmaker.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 5, 2024

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Víctor López G.

Espinof

Nowadays, the best thing an action movie like this can do is offer a unique and as intimate —for its creator— as possible proposal, and 'Monkey Man' exudes enough care scene after scene to allow Dev Patel's figure to be projected in each of its frames.

Aug 1, 2024

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Jeremy W

Was so juiced for this movie and when the combat starts with a tense and fantastic scene everything else seems to fade unable to maintain the frenetic brilliance of that scene. Falls into same tired kung fu movie trappings with one of the most ridiculous and weak final bosses the likes of which we haven't seen since Harrison Ford and that semi effete doctor he gets into an awkward rich guy slap fight with at the end of "The Fugitive"

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Mike

Raw and grimy. Amazing cinematography and fight choreography. Dev Patel blew me away in this film definitely happy it was saved from a streaming release

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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RDD

Action pack deep a different twist to over horrific scene that led to an action pack movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/07/25

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jazz

Unnecessarily complex

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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Kai M

solid action movie, plot was hard to follow but the choreography and acting was solid. worth watching

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Eduardo Sanchez

Expected more but it was okay overall

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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Synopsis

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Dev Patel as Kid, 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.

Director: Dev Patel
Producer: Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Ian Cooper, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Christine Haebler, Anjay Nagpal
Screenwriter: Dev Patel, Paul Angunawela, John Collee
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: S'Ya Concept, BRON Studios, Minor Realm, Monkeypaw Productions, Thunder Road Pictures
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Sexual Content/Nudity|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 5, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 23, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.0M
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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