What the world needs right now is another one-person army movie.
Enter...not the Dragon, but "Monkey Man".
Or as some of us jokingly called it, "John Wick goes to India" or "John Wick In Mumbai".
Strap yourself in for just over 2 hours of action, thriller.
So long as you don't count the first 30 minutes which is more like a slow boat ride to China.
However once the action starts it doesn't stop.
If you don't include the recuperation scenes after the first god almighty fight scene which makes our part time underground MMA fighter "Monkey Man" into a true warrior ready for vengeance on the people who destroyed his childhood.
Dev Patel not only stars as the titular character, but also wrote the story, debuted as a feature film director , produced this film alongside horror icon Jordan Peele ("Get Out, "Nope") under his appropriately named Monkeypaw Productions and I'm sure he even had a crack at writing and singing the theme tune...just kidding!
Seriously though this is one ultra violent piece of cinema that needed Sharlto Copley ("District 9") for some light relief because Dev's "Kid" is one intently sombre dude.
He makes Keanu Reeves "John Wick" look like a stand up comedian.
Funnily enough Bruce Lee is an action movie hero of Patels and clearly a role model.
Also the influence of Korean cinema like "The Raid" had on Dev is evident throughout "Monkey Man".
This is a movie infused with a fair bit of Indian culture, including mythological tales, spirituality and a glimpse at the expanse between the haves and have nots, the displaced and the outcasts on the continent.(even though it was eventually filmed in Indonesia due to the Covid-19 pandemic).
Watch out for: The bathroom fight scene where Dev's co-star as The Chief of Police, Sikandar Kehr as "Randa", accidentally breaks Patel's hand as he whips him around like a rag doll.
The fight scene choreography is even more amazing when you realise Patel shot most of the movie one handed with the other one useless post surgery.
When it comes to martial arts Dev is the real deal having trained in Taekwondo since he was 10 years old and earning a 1st Dan black belt at just 16.
One small ember can burn down everything and "Kid" is the spark in "Monkey Man".
Dev Patel spent 8 years writing this film so the least we can do is enjoy his handiwork on the big screen in all its bloody and gory glory.
Enter...not the Dragon, but "Monkey Man".
Or as some of us jokingly called it, "John Wick goes to India" or "John Wick In Mumbai".
Strap yourself in for just over 2 hours of action, thriller.
So long as you don't count the first 30 minutes which is more like a slow boat ride to China.
However once the action starts it doesn't stop.
If you don't include the recuperation scenes after the first god almighty fight scene which makes our part time underground MMA fighter "Monkey Man" into a true warrior ready for vengeance on the people who destroyed his childhood.
Dev Patel not only stars as the titular character, but also wrote the story, debuted as a feature film director , produced this film alongside horror icon Jordan Peele ("Get Out, "Nope") under his appropriately named Monkeypaw Productions and I'm sure he even had a crack at writing and singing the theme tune...just kidding!
Seriously though this is one ultra violent piece of cinema that needed Sharlto Copley ("District 9") for some light relief because Dev's "Kid" is one intently sombre dude.
He makes Keanu Reeves "John Wick" look like a stand up comedian.
Funnily enough Bruce Lee is an action movie hero of Patels and clearly a role model.
Also the influence of Korean cinema like "The Raid" had on Dev is evident throughout "Monkey Man".
This is a movie infused with a fair bit of Indian culture, including mythological tales, spirituality and a glimpse at the expanse between the haves and have nots, the displaced and the outcasts on the continent.(even though it was eventually filmed in Indonesia due to the Covid-19 pandemic).
Watch out for: The bathroom fight scene where Dev's co-star as The Chief of Police, Sikandar Kehr as "Randa", accidentally breaks Patel's hand as he whips him around like a rag doll.
The fight scene choreography is even more amazing when you realise Patel shot most of the movie one handed with the other one useless post surgery.
When it comes to martial arts Dev is the real deal having trained in Taekwondo since he was 10 years old and earning a 1st Dan black belt at just 16.
One small ember can burn down everything and "Kid" is the spark in "Monkey Man".
Dev Patel spent 8 years writing this film so the least we can do is enjoy his handiwork on the big screen in all its bloody and gory glory.