Monkey Man

"A muscular, emotional, ferocious triumph of a movie."

"Impressive and ambitious, if a little unwieldy."

"Burns with the passion and nerve of a filmmaker who thinks he's not going to direct another film ever again."

"Both fascinates and frustrates."

"Action-packed, full of thrills, and deliciously violent."

"(Patel) grants an intoxicatingly gruesome vision of the kind of gritty vehicles he could steer in the future."

"Great action and a so-so story."

"The action scenes are... intense, though much of this slow-burn tale of revenge plays like a glum origin story."

"(It) may be an origin story for a future action franchise character, but... (more) like an origin story for a future action star and director."

"Patel has earnestly straddled the highest myth and the grittiest realism to make a raw, exciting combination that feels all his own."

"A bloody, stylised action bone-cruncher."

"If Patel’s technique behind the camera catches up to his passion for the genre, he’ll be a force to be reckoned with."

"Dev Patel’s directorial debut features flimsy action and muddled politics."