Monkey Man

Date:: from 13 Apr 2024

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Age restrictions: 18+

A brutal Mumbai answer to John Wick and The Raid in the directorial debut of the Slumdog Millionaire star.

2024, Dev Patel

United States–Canada–India–Singapore
128 minutes, English with Russian subtitles

Starring: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vipin Sharma

When Kid was a child, his mother was murdered and his home village was burnt down. Growing up, he makes a living as a live punching bag in underground fighting rings—and hides his pain under a monkey mask. Having infiltrated a crime syndicate, he hopes to avenge the powerful for the death of his mother.

Shot from Monkey Man, 2024

Patel’s grimy, ultraviolent mixtape of action influences has the chaotic unpredictability of Park Chan-wook’s “Oldboy” and the neon gunplay of the “John Wick” franchise.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire

Monkey Man is more than a brutal and adrenaline-fuelled thriller: it unequivocally criticises India’s conservative turn and the corruption that pervades the country.

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