Monkey Man: fighting the gods is a bloody affair
Out now in The Spectator: my review of Dev Patel's new brilliant new revenge action flick.
“It’s more like Drive meets The Raid than Wick — a raw, stylish, aggressive action flick with a pulsing rage beneath it, shot in gorgeous high-contrast cinematography, set to a pulsing score by Jed Kurzel, and with a really authentic use of its setting. The fictional city of Yatana — a stand-in for Mumbai — feels rich and alive; neither an orange-tinted urban backdrop nor a Bollywood clone (which has its own crop of great action films, including this year’s Kill). Some of the best moments are just his interactions with its underworld, particularly the sequence where a purse is stolen, set to JID’s head-banging 151 Rum.”
Out now in The Spectator: my review of Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s amazing revenge action flick. Read it now!