Monkey Man 2024 by AverageMansReviews

Monkey Man 2024 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/mention of prejudice comments/shooting/stabbing/impaling/cutting/drugs/man one woman violence/unwanted sexual advances/choking/strangling/ritual/human trafficking/biting/dismemberment/burning. I don't usually say this but in this case I will give you some extra advice this film is graphic, this is just a friendly heads up.

Move over John Wick it is my turn: basically; Kid [Young Kid: Jatin Malik/Older: Kidd/Bobby/Monkey Man [Writer one of them/Producer/Director of this film: Dev Patel:] as a child he witnessed bad things happening to a member of his family and now he is older he is looking for revenge.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 121 minutes film is really slow to begin with and I really don't like the yellow subtitles, as someone that is dyslexic they are to small and obviously when you have something yellow underneath them; well let's be honest as soon as I saw them, I gave up attempting to read them, so I was on my back foot for a little while, I could still get what was going on; but still this was not the most start to this film, including this film is a slow burner at the start. But after some time it eventually woke up and slowly got better and better

Comedy, action and art; now I am just talking about fragments of comedy here, this is not a comedy; John Wick gets a mention and in this action sequence we have this young girl screaming as this vehicle just stops in time not to run over. The action is wanted picks up into another gear I will warn you again it is graphic, but someone must have really like the John Wick franchise as we get those lengthy, engrossing sequences, which from an artistic perspective is firstly very smooth, but also chaotic and of course we have the cultural representation in this film; so there is plenty to see and experience.

Character development and performances; the character developments are good versions of what they are meant to be, but however it is the performances of this cast that give them this authentic presentation and feeling to them; but is special mention has to go out to Dev Patel for being an faultless lead role/cast leader.

This film receives: 8/10, this film is excellent; it may have its problems and be a slow burner, but once it is allowed to reach its full potential, this film has lots of hard-hitting action to offer its audiences. As of this content being first create, this film also has an award credited to it as well, 1 Winner SXSW Film Festival 2024 Audience Award Headliners Dev Patel (director/producer) Jomon Thomas (producer) Jordan Peele (producer) Win Rosenfeld (producer) Ian Cooper (producer) Basil Iwanyk (producer) Erica Lee (producer) Christine Haebler (producer) Samarth Sahni (producer) Anjay Nagpal (producer) Paul Angunawela (screenwriter) John Collee (screenwriter)