hanuman year of the monkey

Screener Review: HANUMAN: YEAR OF THE MONKEY (2015)

Director Jimmy Henderson is helping greatly to pave the way for the action genre in Cambodia. His most recent Khmer-language thriller, Hanuman: Year Of The Monkey, released locally back in February as this, his first foray into the martial arts action hybridized with a superhero as its centerpiece, and with this, comes a notable effort for a film not without its flaws, but makes an effort with admiring and appreciating for action fans. Dara Our leads the film as Vicheat, who goes estray from his brother Srong after witnessing the death of their father at the hands of local crime boss Kim Veng and his men. Vicheat is taken into a secluded village where he lives for the next twelve years as his caretaker teaches him how to fight, and by the end of that period, leaves to go back and find Srong once more, now a devoted cop and […]

Watch The Teaser And Trailer For Khmer Martial Arts Vigilante Flick, HANUMAN: YEAR OF THE MONKEY

Lee B. Golden III

Cambodia is about to get a dose of hard-hitting vigilante action next month when Italian filmmaker Jimmy Henderson gets to release his latest contribution to martial arts action cinema in Hanuman: Year Of The Monkey. Henderson also Khmer-language actioner with Michael Hodgson which stars Dara Our and Sophakmith Ung with Savin Phillip as the elderly villain. Incidentally, the film is also a grand opportunity for Henderson to introduce Cambodia’s seldom-known ancient martial arts style of Bokator in the same fashion as a handful of contemporary martial arts actioners as of late. This, coupled with the applied vision seen in last year’s teaser and official trailer makes Hanuman: Year Of The Monkey, look something truly worthwhile for fans to enjoy. SYNOPSIS: Twelve years after witnessing the murder of his father by the ruthless crime Lord Kim Veng and his gang, Vicheat comes back to Phnom Penh in search of revenge. Vicheat […]