20 Netflix Movies For The Rest Of 2022 You Need To Know About

12. Monkey Man

Modern Love Dev Patel
Amazon

Monkey Man is the directorial debut of Dev Patel, who also stars in and co-wrote this action-thriller that's being touted as "John Wick in Mumbai."

Patel plays a man who emerges from prison and plots revenge on those who ruined his life years prior, and as conventional a setup as that sounds, Patel is such a left-field choice for the action hero role that it's difficult not to be intrigued. Sharlto Copley, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Sikandar Kher will co-star.

Netflix acquired the film for a whopping $30 million back in March 2021, and though it's seemingly been sitting on the shelf for quite a while, Patel's got as good a chance as anyone of turning in a quality genre film given the many genius directors he's worked with over the last decade-plus.

Monkey Man releases later this year.

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