I am aware of Dev Patel's performances in many movies before this like Slumdog Millionaire (2008), so I was ready for an action movie starring him, but also what got me interested was that this film is the directorial debut for Dev Patel; do not watch the trailer for this film because it will mislead you by making you think it's a nonstop action movie, but it is not completely that, which is why I liked this film. The film Monkey Man (2024) has a great lead performance, entertaining action, lore/story to the character that is interesting, a revenge story that might seem familiar but is well put together, and there is well-done cinematography and editing; there are some slight issues I did have with this, but I was invested in what was going on, and though there are action sequences, the movie takes its time getting to them giving more of a reason on why the main character is doing what he's doing.
Dev Patel as the main character, named Kid on IMDB, was excellent in this film, with him taking part as a boxer fighting in an underground boxing club for money and thinking over his difficult past when wanting to get revenge; I liked how he has this anger built up throughout the movie until he lets loose and starts killing people in brutal ways. Though there are action sequences in the film, most of the movie is Dev Patel's character learning about himself, learning how he can help others like him, and is just building up is rage for the murder of his mother long ago because of some intense corrupt leaders; I liked how he defended the people who are poor or powerless in a way from the higher ups who will try to hurt people like him. Lastly, I did like seeing him work his way up through the criminal underworld knowing the people running everything is responsible for the death of his mother; once he starts on his path of revenge, it gets very entertaining to watch seeing him look for his targets and fight/kill them to settle the score with them for the childhood trauma they gave him and for taking everything.
There not that many action scenes in the movie, but when action sequences do happen, they have some well-done cinematography with occasional long takes, close ups, and a fast pace to make these scenes entertaining to watch; an issue I had with the action scenes was that they would tend to use quite a bit of shaky cam so it can be a bit hard to follow, even though it was not that bad, it could have been better if they had more wide shots and kept the camera steady while filming, along with there being some weird uses of close ups that could get distracting. Though there was a small issue with the pacing at times, it manages to fix it, and by the third act there is a fantastic action sequence that looks great in many ways including nice wide shots and less shaky cam only in this sequence; lastly, I will say that the movie was also entertainingly brutal in its kills, and it was intense in the execution of the action scenes making the movie at least investing to watch.
I recommend not watching the trailer for this film because it will mislead you by making you think it's a nonstop action movie, but it is not completely that, which is why I liked this film; Monkey Man (2024) has a great lead performance, entertaining action, lore/story to the character that is interesting, a revenge story that might seem familiar but is well put together, and there is well-done cinematography and editing; there are some slight issues I did have with this, but I was invested in what was going on, and though there are action sequences, the movie takes its time getting to them so they can develop the main character. To end my thoughts on this movie, I do recommend watching this because of how long it took Dev Patel to make this, along with him doing an excellent job as a first-time director; I am interested in what Dev Patel might direct next, though not a perfect movie, it was still an entertaining and enjoyable to watch.
Dev Patel as the main character, named Kid on IMDB, was excellent in this film, with him taking part as a boxer fighting in an underground boxing club for money and thinking over his difficult past when wanting to get revenge; I liked how he has this anger built up throughout the movie until he lets loose and starts killing people in brutal ways. Though there are action sequences in the film, most of the movie is Dev Patel's character learning about himself, learning how he can help others like him, and is just building up is rage for the murder of his mother long ago because of some intense corrupt leaders; I liked how he defended the people who are poor or powerless in a way from the higher ups who will try to hurt people like him. Lastly, I did like seeing him work his way up through the criminal underworld knowing the people running everything is responsible for the death of his mother; once he starts on his path of revenge, it gets very entertaining to watch seeing him look for his targets and fight/kill them to settle the score with them for the childhood trauma they gave him and for taking everything.
There not that many action scenes in the movie, but when action sequences do happen, they have some well-done cinematography with occasional long takes, close ups, and a fast pace to make these scenes entertaining to watch; an issue I had with the action scenes was that they would tend to use quite a bit of shaky cam so it can be a bit hard to follow, even though it was not that bad, it could have been better if they had more wide shots and kept the camera steady while filming, along with there being some weird uses of close ups that could get distracting. Though there was a small issue with the pacing at times, it manages to fix it, and by the third act there is a fantastic action sequence that looks great in many ways including nice wide shots and less shaky cam only in this sequence; lastly, I will say that the movie was also entertainingly brutal in its kills, and it was intense in the execution of the action scenes making the movie at least investing to watch.
I recommend not watching the trailer for this film because it will mislead you by making you think it's a nonstop action movie, but it is not completely that, which is why I liked this film; Monkey Man (2024) has a great lead performance, entertaining action, lore/story to the character that is interesting, a revenge story that might seem familiar but is well put together, and there is well-done cinematography and editing; there are some slight issues I did have with this, but I was invested in what was going on, and though there are action sequences, the movie takes its time getting to them so they can develop the main character. To end my thoughts on this movie, I do recommend watching this because of how long it took Dev Patel to make this, along with him doing an excellent job as a first-time director; I am interested in what Dev Patel might direct next, though not a perfect movie, it was still an entertaining and enjoyable to watch.