Monkey Man
Summary
MonkeyMan ’s first reviews have arrived , and critic are mostly praise the new natural action movie . tag Dev Patel ’s directorial debut , Monkey Manstars Patel as Kid , a mysterious soma who embark on a pursuit for revenge against crooked rule who are responsible for for the decease of his female parent . The fight - heavy first drone resulted in the flick being compare toJohn Wick , the fashionable activity franchise star Keanu Reeves , though it has also highlightedPatel as a possible James Bond contender .
What Else The Monkey Man Reviews Are Saying
Patel’s Directorial Debut Isn’t Actually That Much Like John Wick
ForRogerEbert.com , Brian Tallerico warns thatthere are n’t as many scrap sequences as one might have expected . When the action does pass , however , Tallerico publish that " Bones break , blood spirt , and you feel the connectedness in ways you do n’t often in action lately . " Jacob Hall ’s limited review forSlashFilmalso touches onMonkey Man ’s activity , claiming that it ’s intentionally not as silky as the action in theJohn Wickfranchisebecause Patel ’s protagonist is more " desperate"and " furious , " and that the pic uses a " fast - paced , scrappy manner of shooting that emphasizes desperation and bedlam over anything else . "
One of the most exciting John Wick - style military action pic coming out in 2024 has already avoided a huge job face by the enfranchisement ’s imitator .
While many reviews praise the legal action , the hand and story do come under fervour in others . In her recap forTHR , Lovia Gyarkye writes that " Monkey Man ’s attack to connect mythology , political science and the personal results in a moving-picture show that only does each component , at salutary , half - justice . " Chase Hutchinson ’s review forTheWrapshares high-pitched praise for the natural process scenes and the third number ’s intensity , but admits thata obtuse part in the second bit " could lose some mass who were skip for more consistent actionas it starts to feel like the motion-picture show is spinning its wheels a piece . "
Monkey Manwas originally going to expel straight onto Netflix , but filmmaker Jordan Peele saw the picture show and decided it deserve a theatrical discharge .
In her review forThe Guardian , Adrian Horton for the most part celebratesMonkey Man , but also highlights a " perplexing " 2nd act , calling the movie as a whole an " at times bumpy , steamroll ride , punctuated with some really impressive visual flexes . " Although there are some complaints about how the movie ’s elements all come together , a uncouth through argument in the reviews is that it marks an exciting directorial debut for Patel . As Coleman Spilde writes forThe Daily Beast , " Monkey Manfinds bangle in its imperfections , and those blemishes paint a picture that Patel is only just starting down a route to something genuinely special . "
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Monkey Man is a 2024 action-thriller film directed by and starring Dev Patel. Following his release from prison, a man known as “Kid” makes a living by engaging in anonymous underground fights in a mask where he is beaten down each night. However, after witnessing greed and corruption consuming his city, Kid breaks into the upper echelon of society to find those who destroyed his life and take them down.
