Monkey Man: Dev Patel tackles Indian corruption in violent action-thriller
Monkey Man: Dev Patel tackles Indian corruption in violent action-thriller Universal Pictures Dev Patel and Jordan Peele reveal how Hindu mythology, martial arts films and India's harsh social issues inspired their exciting new action-thriller. I wanted to create a story about the underdogs challenging the untouchable status quo – Dev Patel "My initial pitch to the financiers was that I want to create a revenge film about faith and how powerful faith is, how it can be manipulated, weaponised, how it can be a beautiful teacher, particularly to Kid, who's grown up in this forest with no education. Universal Pictures Patel says he was inspired by his love of action movies and Korean revenge cinema Monkey Man was originally sold to Netflix, but was then championed by Jordan Peele, the Oscar-winning director of horror hit Get Out who picked it up for his own production company. Universal Pictures Monkey Man, which has been warmly received by critics, is Patel's first foray into directing Does he feel like an underdog himself?
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