Prime Video just added “Monkey Man,” and you should definitely be watching it this week.
When I wrote about “Monkey Man” earlier this year, I called it my most anticipated movie of the year. The trailer looked awesome and I was hoping we’d have the next “John Wick” on our hands.
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After seeing the movie in theaters, I can admit we didn’t quite get the next “John Wick.” For starters, while the trailer shows a movie that feels essentially like “What if John Wick was from Mumbai?” the actual movie is more nuanced. There’s a whole level of sociopolitical commentary in the story of this movie that simply doesn’t exist in the “John Wick” universe. I wish that the trailer had highlighted some of this nuance, as it gives “Monkey Man” something that separates it from other action movies.
Regardless, I
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