Monkey Man is a 2024 American action thriller film directed
by Dev Patel, who co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee.The
film marks the directorial debut of Patel, who stars in the lead role,
alongside 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, sets on a journey to hunt down a
group of corrupt leaders, who are responsible for his mother Neela's death.
However, Kid's journey of exacting revenge soon makes him to become the saviour
of the poor and powerless people, who are tormented by the corrupt leaders.[9]
Cast
Dev Patel as Kid
Sharlto Copley as Tiger
Pitobash as Alphonso
Vipin Sharma as Alpha
Sikandar Kher as Rana
Sobhita Dhulipala as Sita
Ashwini Kalsekar as Queenie
Adithi Kalkunte
Makarand Deshpande as Baba Shakti
Production
Development
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.
Filming
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.
Post-production
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
Monkey Man World Premiere marquee at Paramount Theatre
Monkey Man had its world premiere at South by Southwest on
March 11, 2024. It is later scheduled to be released in the United States by
Universal Pictures on April 5, 2024.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 37 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "An audacious effort from debuting director Dev Patel, Monkey Man dispenses action and sociopolitical commentary with equal aplomb."Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
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