Monkey Man

Monkey Man

In a forest village in India, Kid lives with his mother Neela and is inspired by her tales of Hanuman. Baba Shakti, a spiritual guru in the nearby city of Yatana, sends corrupt police chief Rana Singh to evict the villagers, who are members of a persecuted religious minority, and acquire their land. The village is massacred, but Neela hides Kid before she is killed by Rana, who sets her body on fire. Kid's futile attempts to save Neela leave his hands burned and scarred. Years later, an older Kid works as a heel and jobber at the underground fight club Tiger's Temple, wearing a monkey mask. Kid is determined to exact revenge on Rana, who frequents Kings, a luxury brothel and cocaine den disguised as a social club. Kid infiltrates Kings through an elaborate ruse to meet the manager and pimp Queenie Kapoor and persuades her to give him a job as a menial kitchen worker. Kid befriends Alphonso, a gangster working for Queenie, and Sita, one of the exploited prostitutes. Kid rigs a bout at Tiger's Temple in Alphonso's favor to make him money in exchange for a promotion to waiter; Kid plans to use his new role to get closer to Rana to exact his revenge. Kid buys a revolver and trains a stray dog to carry it to a rear door to avoid security at the entrance of Kings. Kid serves Rana cocaine spiked with powdered bleach to drive him to the restroom, where he can be shot privately. The assassination attempt is botched, and Kid is forced to fight his way out of the building.

Director

Dev Patel

Release

18 Apr 2024

Run time

113 min

Language

English