I never reviewed it but I thought Dev Patel's Monkey Man was pretty terrific, especially when you take it into consideration that he was a first-time director -- he bit off a lot for his first go-round and I don't just mean the fact that he also wrote and starred in it. I mean it's a wildly ambitious action movie that also threads in politics and emotional resonance to its kick-assery, and while the seams do show at times it's still very much worth seeing. Which you can do now, is my point -- you can rent it on Amazon right now, or you can pre-order on 4K blu-ray and wait to watch it when it streets... which there doesn't seem to be a date for yet. But I'd still recommend watching it on 4K when that chance arises because Dev really shot the hell out of it. Also... abs. He knew we wanted the abs and he gave us the abs. If that's not worth buying the damn disc I don't know what. Reward this man!
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Ran out and saw Monkey Man on the day of its release, and while it's definitely imperfect, I had a banger of a time watching it, and there's just something about it that's impossible to resist! And yes, Dev Patel was devastatingly beautiful, as always!!! I hope all the trolls who called him ugly back in his "Skins" days are watching and eating their shriveled little Grinch hearts out.
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