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Monkey Man

Monkey Man

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Monkey Man

"One small ember can burn down everything."

2024

2h 2m

6.9(1455 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Action

Overview

Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers 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.

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Thunder Road

Bron Studios

Monkeypaw Productions

Creative Wealth Media Finance

WME Independent

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dev Patel

Dev Patel

Kid

Sikandar Kher

Sikandar Kher

Rana

Makrand Deshpande

Makrand Deshpande

Baba Shakti

Pitobash

Pitobash

Alphonso

Vipin Sharma

Vipin Sharma

Alpha

Ashwini Kalsekar

Ashwini Kalsekar

Queenie

Sobhita Dhulipala

Sobhita Dhulipala

Sita

Adithi Kalkunte

Adithi Kalkunte

Neela

Sharlto Copley

Sharlto Copley

Tiger

Jatin Malik

Young Kid

Creative team

Directed by: Dev Patel
Written by: Dev Patel
Paul Angunawela
Produced by: Anjay Nagpal
Erica Lee

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