Awesome Behind-The-Scenes Featurette For The Action Film MONKEY MAN
"What I'm really drawn to in this film is theme of: revenger becoming an avenger."
Universal Pictures has dropped a new behind-the-scenes featurette for the badass-looking new action film Monkey Man. The movie was directed by Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) and produced by Jordan Peele, and the reviews for the film have been extremely positive since its premiere at SXSW. This looks like a movie that will be best enjoyed on the big screen!
The movie was originally supposed to be released straight to streaming, but luckily the studio opted to release it in theaters for audiences to enjoy. The featurette features Peele talking about how this movie blew him away and how much it’s going to kick ass watching it in theaters.
The synopsis reads: “Patel achieves an astonishing, tour-de-force feature directing debut with an action thriller about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless.”
The story is “Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.
“After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.”
Patel also developed the original story and wrote the screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).
The movie is said to be packed with thrilling and spectacular fight and chase scenes, and the film’s international cast includes Sharlto Copley (District 9), Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven), Pitobash (Million Dollar Arm), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai), Sikandar Kher (Aarya) and Makarand Deshpande (RRR).
Monkey Man is produced by Dev Patel, Jomon Thomas (Hotel Mumbai, The Man Who Knew Infinity), Jordan Peele (Nope, Get Out), Win Rosenfeld (Candyman, Hunters series), Ian Cooper (Nope, Us), Basil Iwanyk (John Wick franchise, Sicario films), Erica Lee (John Wick franchise, Silent Night), Christine Haebler (Shut In, Bones of Crows) and Anjay Nagpal (executive producer of Bombshell, Greyhound). Serving as executive producers are Jonathan Fuhrman, Natalya Pavchinskya, Aaron L. Gilbert, Andria Spring, Alison-Jane Roney and Steven Thibault.
Monkey Man will be released only in theaters on April 5, 2024.