In his directorial debut “Monkey Man,” Dev Patel gifts action-movie ... into gear in a lively montage where he uses a bag of wheat for punching practice as Alpha offers up a nifty percussion ...

Patel's grimy, ultraviolent mixtape of action influences has the chaotic unpredictability of Park Chan-wook's "Oldboy" and the neon gunplay of the "John Wick" franchise.

English actor-filmmaker Dev Patel won the best first film award at the Puerto Rico Critics Association Awards on Sunday for his directorial debut, Monkey Man, starring him, Pitobash, Sikandar Kher and ...