Monkey Man
2024
**
Director: Dev Patel
Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, Sikandar Kher, Pitobash, Ashwini Kalsekar, Makarand Deshpande, Vipin Sharma, Adithi Kalkunte, Vijay Kumar
While a nationalist movement gathers pace in India, a mysterious man, who wears a monkey mask in underground fights, plots a revenge on a corrupt police chief who killed his mother years ago. Dev Patel's directorial debut is a brutal action movie that cannot escape the shadow of John Wick. Patel shows some skill and visual flair in directing, but the tropy script he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee is awful. The end result is another dull and tension-free revenge story, because the bad guy is an irredeemably evil monster without any personality.
