Dev Patal plays a menacing avenger in his upcoming action/thriller ‘Monkey Man.’ (Photo: MGM)
Dev Patel (Lion, Slumdog Millionaire) battles evil forces in exotic India in his new action-thriller “Monkey Man.” The third “red band” trailer from the upcoming movie dropped today (Mar. 21)
The action thriller is about one man’s quest for vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systemically victimize the poor and powerless, according to the movie’s synopsis.
The film is inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage in Indian folklore.
Patel is “Kid,” in the movie, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club. Night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten to a bloody pulp, a fall guy for the more popular fighters.
He lives in a netherworld of poverty and corruption, but finds a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite.
As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
The film is loaded with fight scenes and portrays a clash of cultures between the very rich and segregation of the very poor.
Patel makes his directorial debut based on an original story and screenplay with Paul Angunawela and John Collee (Hotel Mumbai, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World).
The film’s international cast includes Sharlto Copley (District 9), and Bollywood well-knowns Pitobash Tripathy, (Million Dollar Arm), Vipin Sharma (Hotel Mumbai), and Sikandar Kher (Aarya), Adithi Kalkunte (Hotel Mumbai).
Ravishing Sobhita Dhulipala (Made in Heaven) provides some sexual heat as Rana, who is caught up in the underworld of gangsters and moguls.
The film also stars Ashwini Kalsekar (Ek Tha Hero), Makarand Deshpande (RRR), Jatin Malik in his film debut, and Zakir Hussain (Duranga).
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