Why ‘Monkey Man’ Is So Much More Than An “Indian John Wick”
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Any film that confronts the obnoxiously elite earns a spot in my favourites list, but Monkey Man takes it to a whole new level with the blend of wit and brawn brought by Dev Patel himself.
The plot kicks off with echoes of Fight Club, featuring Patel as a young man scraping by in an underground… Well, fight club.
Night after night, donning a gorilla mask, he endures brutal beatings from more popular fighters for a meagre payout that in no way compensates his physical afflictions.
After years of simmering rage, he uncovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. Fuelled by childhood trauma, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash a blistering campaign of retribution against those who stripped everything from him.
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