Monkey Man review - Dev Patel directs and stars in a bloody revenge thriller

The British actor's directorial debut is a visceral love letter to global action cinema that's an exhilarating, if messy, ride With his directorial debut Monkey Man, which he also co-wrote and stars in, Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) cements himself both as an action star with A-list ambitions and a competent, resourceful B-movie director. This extravagantly violent and exuberantly messy revenge flick is set in a contemporary India (in a fictional city called Yatana) in which there seems ...