Story
Known only as Kid, a young man survives on the margins of a sprawling city by entering an underground fight club. Wearing a gorilla mask, he allows more celebrated fighters to beat him night after night, collecting whatever money the brutal matches provide. Beneath the spectacle, he carries years of grief and suppressed anger.
When Kid finds a way into the guarded world of the city’s powerful elite, he begins a dangerous journey toward the people connected to the losses that shaped his life. His scarred hands and hard-earned instincts drive a fierce campaign of retribution, while childhood trauma continues to influence every choice. The film combines close-quarters combat, criminal intrigue, and a tense portrait of a man fighting to reclaim control over his own story.
Overview
Monkey Man is an action crime thriller set against a world of underground violence, social inequality, and entrenched power. Its central conflict grows from the contrast between the anonymous fighter’s precarious existence and the protected circles occupied by the city’s elite. The masked bouts give the story a raw physical edge, while the search for those responsible for Kid’s suffering adds a personal urgency to the escalating confrontation.
Produced across Canada, India, Singapore, and the United States, the film brings together a revenge-driven narrative and an atmosphere of danger that reaches from clandestine fight venues to the guarded spaces of privilege. The result follows a solitary protagonist whose rage gradually takes shape as a deliberate mission.
Cast and Characters
The credited cast includes Sharlto Copley, Vipin Sharma, and Sobhita Dhulipala, who appear alongside the film’s central figure, Kid. Their characters belong to the tense network surrounding Kid’s descent into the city’s criminal and elite worlds, where personal history, violence, and power are closely connected.
- Sharlto Copley is part of the ensemble around Kid’s conflict.
- Vipin Sharma is part of the ensemble shaping Kid’s dangerous journey.
- Sobhita Dhulipala joins the cast in the story’s world of influence and revenge.
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