Film Review - Monkey Man

Dev Patel makes his directorial debut with a brutally violent, politically potent action thriller

Credit: Universal

Monkey Man is pretty much the Dev Patel show. He has actor, producer, story, and director credits, and I suspect he also did the on-set catering. With that sort of dedication, he’s clearly hoping for critics to include phrases like “labour of love” in their reviews, especially as he says this film was a gargantuan struggle, to fund, mak…