Dev Patel crushes bones in kinetic ‘Monkey Man’
TYLER WILSON/Coeur Voice Contributor | Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 1 year, 7 months AGO
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Dev Patel from the film "Monkey Man."
Akhirwan Nurhaidir/Universal Pictures via AP
Once bound for a low-profile streaming release on Netflix, Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” makes for a bloody, spectacular theatrical experience.
The revenge thriller marks the directorial debut for Patel, notable star of titles like “The Green Knight,” “Lion” and “Slumdog Millionaire.” Patel also stars as Kid, an underground boxer in India hoping to avenge his mother’s brutal murder at the hands of a corrupt police chief.
That police chief is employed by an influential spiritual guru and his puppet political candidate … a character partially inspired by a real-life figure, or at least enough to make Netflix nervous about releasing the movie to its subscribers in India. Thankfully, Jordan Peele swooped in as a producer to lead the film to a U.S. theatrical release.
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