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