“I think if I was to feature in an action film back then ... as the sweet but goofy romantic hero in “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”) In “Monkey Man,” however, Patel is not ...

With his directorial debut, the wild revenge movie “Monkey Man,” the Oscar-nominated actor makes a bold statement with this one-two punch of a film that asserts himself as both an action star ...

Revenge, we’re constantly told, is a dish best served cold — unless you’re a modern genre-flick fanatic, in which case you need payback to be served piping hot and preferably moving at 120 mph.

In the largely entertaining and exceedingly violent "Monkey Man," he plays a nameless and reluctant action ... Wick" films. But the Keanu Reeves character is name-checked here by our hero's ...

In his directorial debut “Monkey Man,” Dev Patel gifts action-movie fans with a multilayered ... At the same time, our hero is also haunted by the murder of his mom and a traumatic childhood ...

Monkey Man isn’t a kick or punch to the face. It’s an existential wail. Actor Dev Patel’s feature directorial debut, which was famously saved from its original Netflix release by Jordan ...

half-monkey Hindu god − and the origin story of the film’s star Dev Patel also begins with a larger-than-life hero. But the Oscar-nominated actor, who directs and co-wrote the film ...

Though Monkey Man is exasperating, Patel’s work shows heart, love, and promise—something that can’t be said about many other action films. Monkey Man finds novelty in its imperfections, and ...

If you’re my age, you have a firm idea of what constitutes a proper Dad Movie. You keep all of the best ones in your mental film vault: “Die Hard,” “The Fugitive,” “Casino Royale ...

The Monkey King is inspired by a traditional Chinese tale.. The film "follows a charismatic Monkey (Jimmy O. Yang) and his magical fighting Stick on an epic quest for victory over 100 demons, an ...