This week, we discuss Monkey Man, the 2024 revenge action thriller directed, produced, co-written and starring Dev Patel.

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Topics include:

00:00 Introduction to Monkey Man

04:28 Dev Patel's Directorial Debut

08:37 Axes, Biting off Noses, Camerawork Choices: Steph Gushes Over the Action

14:48 Music to Fight To

17:07 Mish Mashing the Best To Make Something Fresh

18:03 Exploring the Revenge Narrative

19:52 Reveal Motivation Slowly: Trauma, Love, and Drugs

24:25 Watching Mother-Son Relationships in Revenge Tales, as a Mom

26:54 Shifts in Motivation and Purpose: Turning Childhood Trauma to Fight Present-Day Injustices

29:34 The Climax and Its Emotional Weight

31:07 The Significance of the Ending: Personal, Political, and Spiritual Levels

43:35 Movie Marketing Done Right

44:43 Tight Movie: Told through Movement, Scenery

45:25 Not as stylized

48:24 How it was marketed

48:24 John Wick reference with dog

49:22 Fight Scene Humor

51:16 Steph Finds the Flaw

55:37 So much happening in this movie, rewatching, disclaimer again

56:48 What's next?

57:08 Outro