@REEL_DEAL2026-01-17 08:00 UTC
Monkey Man should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.
“The devil tomato approves... reluctantly.”
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2024 · Thriller / Crime / Action
Monkey Man
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
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RELEASE DATE
2024
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GENRE
Thriller / Crime / Action
PLOT SUMMARY
Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-23 17:00 UTC
Watched Monkey Man so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-26 16:00 UTC
Monkey Man has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-27 22:00 UTC
The script for Monkey Man feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
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r/movies · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 0.5k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Monkey Man actually is?
Director clearly thought Monkey Man was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/criticalkino · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 3.9k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Monkey Man?
Rewatched Monkey Man last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/TrueFilm · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 1.6k points
Hot Take: Monkey Man's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, Monkey Man would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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