Monkey Man is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by Dev Patel, in his feature directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee. The film stars Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Sobhita Dhulipala, Sikandar Kher, Vipin Sharma, Ashwini Kalsekar, Adithi Kalkunte and Makarand Deshpande.
Monkey Man had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on April 5, 2024.
Premise
Kid, an anonymous young man working in an underground fight club, sets out to exact revenge against a group of corrupt leaders, who are responsible for his mother’s death and also taking advantage of the poor and powerless people.
Cast
- Dev Patel as Kid
- Sharlto Copley
- Pitobash
- Vipin Sharma
- Sikandar Kher
- Sobhita Dhulipala
- Ashwini Kalsekar
- Adithi Kalkunte
- Makarand Deshpande
Production
On October 29, 2018, it was reported that Dev Patel would make his directorial debut with an action thriller film titled Monkey Man. Speaking of his work on the film, Patel stated:
“I think the action genre has sometimes been abused by the system. I wanted to give it real soul, real trauma, real pain … And I wanted to infuse it with a little bit of culture.
On February 3, 2021, Volker Bertelmann was hired to serve as the composer. On March 12, 2021, it was announced that filming was completed and Netflix had bought worldwide rights to the film, described as “John Wick in Mumbai.” Patel broke his hand during filming.
Sometime thereafter, Jordan Peele saw the film and, feeling that it deserved a theatrical release instead, acquired it from Netflix under his Monkeypaw Productions banner, which has a distribution deal with Universal Pictures. Jed Kurzel composed a new score for the film, replacing Bertelmann.
Release date
Monkey Man had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2024, and is scheduled to be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on April 5, 2024.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 24 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
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