Monkey Man
Dev Patel, I have always been a solid fan, but we have had some very perplexing work over the last several years. But Monkey Man was amazing, and yes, I could make some crass comparisons to John Wick or other solo destructive machine type hero's, but here there was something new in the mix.
It was all Indian despite Dev being from Harrow, and he was a broken man, the plot and his backstory was revealed in a slow and careful way and the violence and action sequences were so over the top they became almost comic.
We had a little dialogue, but Dev acted his socks off, careful micro gestures always within character. I loved the final showdown of a bunch of units dressed as Shiva warriors, it really was inspired. If I have to find fault, it would be that it was overly long but the time flew by so this is a minor criticism.
I am going to give this a firm 8 out of 10 it really was brilliant and I would love there to be a monkey man 2.
Dev Patel, I have always been a solid fan, but we have had some very perplexing work over the last several years. But Monkey Man was amazing, and yes, I could make some crass comparisons to John Wick or other solo destructive machine type hero's, but here there was something new in the mix.
It was all Indian despite Dev being from Harrow, and he was a broken man, the plot and his backstory was revealed in a slow and careful way and the violence and action sequences were so over the top they became almost comic.
We had a little dialogue, but Dev acted his socks off, careful micro gestures always within character. I loved the final showdown of a bunch of units dressed as Shiva warriors, it really was inspired. If I have to find fault, it would be that it was overly long but the time flew by so this is a minor criticism.
I am going to give this a firm 8 out of 10 it really was brilliant and I would love there to be a monkey man 2.