MONKEY MAN

Director: Dev Patel
Starring: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Makrand Deshpande, Ashwini Kalsekar, Vipin Sharma

Dev Patel has been seen on screen in many hit films from Slumdog Millionaire to Lion to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Now he’s making his directorial debut with Monkey Man. Dev Patel leads the action-packed film as a young, broke kid trying to find his way in life. He’s an amateur fighter who wears a monkey head mask in the ring. It’s a bloody and violent endeavor and the pay is garbage. He then takes a job working for the notorious Queenie Kapoor (Kalsekar) whose been named Business Woman of the Year despite the nefarious line of work she’s in. Patel’s character takes on the fake name of Bobby as he works as a dishwasher and is introduced to the illegal and corrupt world of power, drugs and sex that happens behind the scenes. It’s there where he comes face to face with the man who killed his mother, and Bobby sets out on a path to avenge his mother’s death. In theaters

Here’s my review