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I took a harsh beating from you guys after openly declaring my disdain for the first season of AMC’s “The Walking Dead”. My thoughts were misconstrued as all I was trying to say was “we deserve better.” AMC took a leap of faith and brought us the horror show we’ve been begging for, and because of us its ratings were through the roof. The last thing I wanted was the show’s success to imply that everyone was happy with the direction it had taken. Being that it’s the only show of its kind, and that we’ve frantically been begging for it for years, I think it’s worthy of celebrating — but that doesn’t mean I’m going to sit back and proclaim it the most brilliant show on TV. Frankly, next to award winning television like “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad”, “The Walking Dead”‘s visual style looks like absolute garbage, and the episode cliffhangers did nothing to make the week-long wait for the followup strenuous. Don’t get me wrong, I love the works of Frank Darabont, but I am still celebrating his exit from what should be the best horror show on the small screen… ever.
A new area begins NOW as “The Walking Dead” executive producer Glen Mazzara is taking the reins of AMC’s undead series following the exit of creator/executive producer/showrunner Frank Darabont, reports Deadline. Personally, it doesn’t excite me that the shift is staying in house, as I’d rather see a fresh face move into the fold. Hopefully some of the behind-the-scenes tension was about what Mazzara wanted to do. All I know is that AMC better bring this up to the level of “Mad Men” or “Breaking Bad” becase WE DESERVE THE BEST!
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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