A young man ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he’s beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, he discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite.

For his first outing in the director’s chair, the dashing Dev Patel flexes new artistic muscles as a bonafide action star in this blood-soaked, neon-lit vengeance tale. Packing a powerful punch with its breakneck fight sequences, Monkey Man takes ferocious aim at the cult of religious fanaticism.