it's a wild action, vibrant, brutal action flick that is right up there with the best of the best.
It's very easy to compare it to the JOHN WICK film (the JOHN WICK stunt team was to do the fight choreography but in one of the multitudes of bad luck that happened to the film during production namely Covid 19, but including the studio going bankrupt, Patel's gaffer dying from a heart attack, losing the location he scouted for four to five months, having to move the shoot from India to Indonesia, thus losing much of the production team and their equipment and Patel breaking his hand on his very first stunt, and injuring his foot when a stuntman stepped on it) Patel lost the stunt team), and while Patel has said his influences were bombastic Bollywood action films and Korean revenge films; for me, not as versed in those films, an easy reference is THE RAID. So if you like that brand of action, you would love MONKEY MAN.
What I especially loved is that after the first act the action levels out, which is great because when it is incessant (as I found JOHN WICK 4), it's mind-numbing, so with act two, you get breathing room and a deeper dive into the story and it gives more depth to the film.
-Dev Patel is just one of the many SKINS cast members who are having a moment. What are some of the others up to?
-Jacob Anderson was in only one SKINS episode but he has remained in the fold somehow.
He even invited the gang to his wedding.
and was on GAME OF THRONES with Joe Dempsie and Hannah Murray.
Anderson can be seen May 12th in series two of AMC+'s INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, where he plays the long living, long-suffering Louis du Pointe du Lac.
-Jack O'Connell, pictured with young Jacob, will reportedly be the villain in Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Googler's next team-up.
Jack can be seen S.A.S ROGUE HEROES.
-The cast reunited at another wedding a few years ago based on pics posted by Kaya Scodelario and five years ago at a Golden Globes celebration.
Kaya can be currently seen in Netflix's THE GENTLEMEN.
-Also on Netflix is Daniel Kaluuya's directorial debut THE KITCHEN.
during his time on SKINS, Kaluuya also pitched storylines and co-wrote a few episodes for the series.
-Nicky Hoult, who played the lecherous Tony, is our future Lex Luthor in James Gunn's SUPERMAN LEGACY.
Follow months of audition tapes and in-person screen tests, Warner Bros. and DC Studios have their new Clark Kent and Lois Lane. David Corenswet has been set to play Superman while Rachel Brosnahan are on board to play Lois Lane.
The decision comes after the two were among the few selected to test in front of DC co-chairs Peter Safran and James Gunn (who is directing the movie) in full costume and make up for the parts.
For Corenswet, the film will mark his first major leading role in a major studio film having previously appeared in projects like Pearl, The Politician and We Own This City. Brosnahan is coming off her final season of her career making role in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which has earned a number of accolades including an Emmy win.