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Monkey Man (2024)
A kickass revenge movie, a little dark
If you're into these type of movies, this is for you.
A street level superhero movie, but not for kids. Great fight scenes - lots of blood, sweat, and treachery - very intense and gritty. I would say it's kind of artistic in its violence. Imagine a bloody Bruce Lee flick with a mix of Kill Bill and Fight Club, but taking place in the Mumbai underground.
Dev Patel is very believable in this role, and then I found out that he was a competitive martial artist. It doesn't surprise me that he suffered injuries in several of the fight scenes.
If I were to change anything (as a big fan of Superhero movies), I would have made his character more god-like and mystical, more of the embodiment of the half monkey, half human deity, Hanuman. He's definitely way more powerful than most human villains, but not by a huge margin - I would say he's up there with the Punisher or Dare Devil, maybe a tad more.
Maybe the gods wanted him to struggle and bleed for his victories?
A very watchable action movie.
Acidman (2022)
Good drama, but NOT a Sci-Fi
Let's get that out of the way so that people don't spend 1.5 hours thinking they will see something Sci-Fi in this move when in fact there is nothing.
There should be a law against mis-labeling movies like this. It's the third movie I've seen that claims to be a Sci-Fi, and I wind being disappointed.
Some dude spending his life in the Oregon woods looking at the night sky for signs of UFO's does not qualify as a Science Fiction movie. This is frustrating and needs to stop.
On other hand, it was a decent drama about a daughter reuniting with her estranged father, which is why I gave it 6/10.
Dear filmmakers, please, please stop mislabeling your movie genres.