MONKEY MAN (18)

Published date05 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The actor also stars as nameless orphan Kid who ekes out a meagre living in an underground fight club run by promoter Tiger (Sharlto Copley)

Big money changes hands on the outcome of bone-crunching bouts and the Kid is the resident patsy.

He regularly dresses in a gorilla mask to take beatings from the crowd's reigning champion, King Kobra (Brahim Chab).

The cheap, blood-spattered disguise conceals Kid's deep-rooted grief about the murder of his mother Neela (Adithi Kalkunte) during a police raid orchestrated by sadistic chief Rana Singh (Sikandar Kher).

Her senseless death was part of a heavy-handed land-clearing operation on behalf of cult leader Baba Shakti (Makarand Deshpande), whose influence will decide forthcoming political elections during Diwali.

Kid vows revenge and worms his way into a high-end brothel run by Queenie (Ashwini Kalsekar), which is frequented by police and dignitaries.

Sharlto C

Getting close to Rana Singh comes at a terrible price and Kid is rescued from certain death by...

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