• Director(s)

    Dev Patel

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    05/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Action

  • Approx. running minutes

    121m

  • Cast

    Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala

Film

Monkey Man

strong bloody violence

A man seeks vengeance against the men who attacked his village and murdered his mother in this intense action thriller. The violence is visceral and bloody as the hero navigates a world of criminals, sex work and drugs.…

A man seeks vengeance against the men who attacked his village and murdered his mother in this intense action thriller. The violence is visceral and bloody as the hero navigates a world of criminals, sex work and drugs.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Dev Patel

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    05/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Action

  • Approx. running minutes

    121m

  • Cast

    Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala

strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
19/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
violence
Fight scenes include shootings, stabbings, fistfights and use of improvised weapons, often resulting in bloody detail.
threat and horror
Scenes of threat include extended chases and prolonged gun threat.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') occurs throughout, along with milder terms including 'whore', 'ass', 'bastard', 'asshole', 'shit', and 'bullshit'.
sex
There are occasional sex references, including to sex work, and a scene in which a man runs into a brothel in an attempt to escape his pursuers. When they follow him in, a fight ensues with brief sight of people having sex around them.
discrimination
An announcer makes a comment about Christians and a crowd boos. There are occasional references to transphobia and the persecution of minorities.
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse, including cocaine snorting, and a man is administered a psychotropic drug in a spiritual context.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man attempts to masturbate a sex worker, although she does not appear consenting. A man threatens a woman with rape, and then murders her.
injury detail
People sustain bloody injuries during scenes of combat, with occasional focus on these wounds in the aftermath as they are tended to. In one scene, heated metal is pressed to a gunshot wound to staunch the bleeding.
theme
The narrative deals with a man's grief and trauma at losing his mother as a child, and his quest for revenge. There are also brief references to abortion.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
28/02/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)
Classified Date:
31/01/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Universal Pictures Int (UK)

  • Classified date

    19/03/2024

  • Language

    English