A great thing about action movies as opposed to some of the other genres I get excited about is that they often have a chance to sneak up on me. I had no inkling of a movie called MONKEY MAN coming until the trailer dropped just a couple of months ago. And then all the sudden that morning I knew that the actor Dev Patel (THE LAST AIRBENDER, THE GREEN KNIGHT) had practiced Taekwondo since he was ten years old, had competed in national and international competitions, and grew into a passionate fan of international action cinema, so now he was not only starring in a violent martial arts revenge movie set in India, but also making it his directorial debut. And I read that Netflix produced it but Jordan Peele saw it and convinced them to sell it to Universal so it could play theaters. (Later we learned that Netflix was trying to get rid of it because it kinda seemed like it was criticizing the current right wing regime in India and might complicate their business dealings. Embarrassing for them, good for us.) (read the rest of this shit…)
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Monkey Man
Friday, April 12th, 2024Tags: Adithi Kalkunte, Ashwini Kalsekar, Brahim Chab, Dev Patel, John Collee, Jordan Peele, Makrand Desphande, Paul Angunawela, Pitobash, revenge, Sharlto Copley, Sharone Meir, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vipin Sharma, Zakir Hussain
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