Aamina Inayat Khan, writing for Autostraddle, noted that while the film was "action-packed, violence-fueled John Wickean cinema", at its core it "is about an underdog taking down a religio-fascist regime, one that resembles India's sitting ruling party".Read at source
Monkey Man 2024 
Synopsis
Monkey Man
Monkey Man is a 2024 action thriller film directed and produced by Dev Patel in his directorial debut, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee. The film stars Patel as Kid, a man who seeks vengeance on the corrupt leaders responsible for his mother's death. Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, and Vipin Sharma are featured in supporting roles.
- Director
- Dev Patel
- Studio
- Bron Studios
- Run time
- 113 min
- Language
- English
Reviews
3 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Wikipedia-cited reviews for Monkey Man are generally positive overall across 3 collected excerpts. The cited excerpts do not provide enough numeric scores for an aggregate. Positive excerpts point to writing, visual craft.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-keyless-enricher) from 3 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- writing
- visual craft
Positive 3
Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times described the film as "monumentally entertaining" with "a series of extended and elaborate fight sequences so bruising and hyper-violent they make the action in the Road House reboot seem like a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors".Read at source
Saffron Maeve, writing for The Globe and Mail, described the film as "solid and blockbuster-audience friendly", but that its "woozy overediting makes the theatrical experience tiring".Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Technical specs
- Run time
- 113 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- IN, US
- Director
- Dev Patel
- Studio
- Bron Studios
Trivia
- Dev Patel made his directorial debut with Monkey Man, which he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee.
- The film grossed $35 million worldwide against a $10 million budget.
- Monkey Man was nominated at the 78th BAFTA Awards for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
- Filming took place on a small island in Batam, Indonesia, after production was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic in India.
- Dev Patel broke his hand while filming the first action sequence and later broke two toes when a stuntman dropped an ax on his foot.
- Netflix acquired distribution rights for the film for $30 million on March 12, 2021, before quietly shopping it around due to concerns about its political commentary.
