This movie is as beautiful as it is brutal. As quiet as it is loud. The way the music and sounds were used to compliment every scene of the movie was perfection. Amazing experience. Bravo, Dev Patel! Bravo!

Wow, what a trajectory Dev Patel has had.

I cannot wait to see this film. Fuck Hollywood. Bring on some hungry new filmmakers.

Nobody reviews a movie like you! I'm not into "jaw dropping violence", so this isn't for me. But it is so much fun to watch you geek out over a film!!!

You’re appreciated James. Thank you mate

I just got out of the theater. It was awesome!!! This, CIVIL WAR and THE FALL GUY were my favs from South By Southwest

Honestly, it’s my favorite film of the year so far.

When will Dev stop becoming better and better looking? A delight for the eyes... Ijs.

Belongs on my Top Ten Best Films of 2024. -Late Night with the Devil -Love Lies Bleeding -Monkey Man -Dune Part 2

If you're referring to the scene inside an elevator involving a throat & some hands-free knife action then I agree, standing ovation deserved.

Saw it today and I really had a good time! It felt so grimy and brutal but also had a great story. Dev Petal was awesome and the fact he wrote it, starred and directed this is really impressive. I'm really glad this made it to theaters instead of straight to streaming

sounds good, was interested but now ill definitely check it out thanks for your review on it

Yes. Great review. You know a good movie does exist below a 80 million budget and Hollywood is gonna figure this out or die trying. It's also refreshing to hear you express wanting to stand and applaud when the action and sound crescendo. Movies should get us anped.

Just saw it. Fantastic film. Easy 9/10

This was surprisingly good. I appreciate how it had really good action without neglecting emotional and thematic depth. I appreciate how intelligently the action was portrayed. I'm usually adamantly against shaky cam outside of the Bourne movies because nothing else seems to do it well and only do it to cover up bad choreography and make the action unintelligible, but it was used very purposefully here. When the main character was losing and disoriented, the way the action was framed reflected that. When he was being a boss kicking ass, the action shots were a lot more fluid and elegant to watch. The mixing of action styles in the way sction was filmed did a wonderful job of getting you into the experience of the main character, all done through visual storytelling. Give me more of these mid budget genre films. Some movies work when they try to be all things to all people, privided the story allows for it, but I think a lot movies would do a lot better if they simply understood and respected their core audience, lean into their niche that make them distinct, and focused on delivering a solid experience the core audience would enjoy. We'd get more diverse, creative, and interesting movies instead of all of the generic, bland, and fake diverse movies we've been getting these last many years.

I agree I liked a good amount I had a couple flaws but this was better than most action movies I really like R rated action. If he keeps directing I think he could be a really solid action director.

Just a quick correction, Netflix actually dropped the film. It was so close to never being released at all, and then Jordan Peele got his hands on it and literally revived it from the dead, but even better, because now its it theaters. :DD

I glad to hear that it's a good movie. I will check it out next week. Great review as always.

Dev patek is next john krasinski..next action star who can direct too

Seeing it today! Looking forward to it! Btw, I heard Netflix was looking to offload the movie anyway. Something about possibly being offensive to the business end of their India arm of the company, which is large.. (not the subscribers)

I’m in NYC and thinking of seeing this. Also curious as to the in theatre behaviour you have described…!

Hey James I just got back and thought Dev did a Good Job!!! 🎬👏🏾👏🏾🕺🏽👊🏾🔪🔥💚🐲

Exactly how I feel watching "Mandy". It's a masterpiece and only cost just under 6 million dollars to make.

i will be seeing it on Sunday cant wait. theres also boy kills world in a couple of weeks that is also giving me similar vibes if monkey man doesn't deliver. Action fans have at least 2 films to look forward to in next couple of weeks.

Also I think there actually is a lot of depth and layering of symbolism that is done sooo tastefully but I agree there’s not really a message that one could properly counter argue without raising some concern😂

I too fucking love action movies. Cant wait to this this at the weekend!

Just listened to an interview with Dev, where he says he broke his hand during filming, so they had to rework some of the fight choreography. I've always been a fan of his acting, and now he's turned out to be a really good director.

Great review man! Happy to find your channel, subbed 👍

This movie was phenomenal. PERIOD. 😎👍🏾

Awesome shirt. Luke Thomas is the best.

Good movie, but too long. Some sequences really overstay their welcome and/or overstate their point, if there was one. Good, but not great imo. The acting is pretty terrific across the board. But they gave that absolute beauty of a woman virtually nothing to do. It almost seems like her scenes were cut down or something. If she wasn't so drop dead gorgeous I don't think her character would have even registered.

I'll bet it's better than the last 50 Jason Statham wooden-acted action movies. Jason can act, but unfortunately chooses B-movie status action flicks.

Patel did 90% of the stunts himself.. broke his hand and foot. He’s a black belt in Taekwando.

100% agree with you James, the bigger the budget the less control a director probably has over the movie. Too many corporate types lurking around the set trying to protect the money. Big budget movies have just become a bowl of plain vanilla ice cream. Who wants that?

I heard there was lots of shakey cam, I am not that guy that HATES shakey cam but I am somewhat of a fighter myself so I don’t like shakey cam or closeup fighting BUT I LOVE it when a director likes S H O W I N G fight scenes but imo if you weren’t inspired to mention it then it can’t be TOO distracting.

Sooooo I might have saw it twice if that tells you how I feel about it😂 Is it a perfect film? No. Is it a d@vm good movie with all that aspects that make a movie stick with you for life? YES.

Just watched it. Dev Patel better sweep the next oscars, hes so goodd

Cheers

I love this film

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I am from India and I must clear the misconceptions about caste system in India. Yes there is in rural areas but we have come a long way towards equality through policies and society in general moving on. Also caste system does not only belong to Hindu community, you can be a Muslim, Christian or Sikh and still have the same caste system. But this movie says caste system is everywhere in India is like saying every white American is Racist today . That's obviously not true, the last embers of racism or castism left shouldn't be inflamed in my opinion. Majority of us are good people striving for equality and a better life. And not having one single representation of them in this movie is malicious or plain ignorant.

Seeing it today. Hope it's better than his Green Knight. Great production but boring ass movie.

This movie is banned in India..Trying to hurt sentiments of ppl by including religion in a wrong way in a film

Haven't seen it & probably wont, as this genre of film is slowly becoming the next eye roll, same as the superhero genre is lately. John Wick, Roadhose, & now this? Ha ! No thanks my guy. Not while Godzilla x Kong are playing in the same theater.

I like your reviews but I could do without the nudity part. Interesting anecdote: Millennials and Zoomers are less interested in sex than any generation before. It’s just a bit cringe to bring it up in every review.

Was a boring version of The Raid 2 imo.

The movie was underwhelming

I HATED THIS MOVIE!!! It’s a bland John Wick rip off for the first 30 minutes. Then turns into this BORING middle with Trans Indian Men. Then turns into John Wick again for the last 30 minutes. They steal the techno music, the lightning, the Black suit. If you want shaky cameras and fast edits, this is your movie. It’s FUCKING AWFUL!!!