Dev Patel’s Directorial Debut, MONKEY MAN, Gets A Second Bone-Crunching Trailer
Dev Patel (The Green Knight) recently wowed audiences at SXSW 2024 with a screening of his first directorial effort, MONKEY MAN. Those that didn’t attend the famed festival now get second look at what the film has in store in the brand new trailer. While obvious comparisons to the John Wick franchise have been made, Patel has made it clear that his film has little in common with the Keanu Reeves lead blockbusters: This film is born from my love of so much action cinema, expanding from Bruce Lee to Sammo Hung. To Jet Li to Jackie Chan. To the Korean cinema that totally changed my life. The only real touchpoint John Wick is for this kind of film is that you see a man in a suit. Rave reviews have had action fans positively frothing to get their eyes on this one and they’ll be able to do just that on […]