Dev Patel has always loved action cinema. <\/p>\n
Patel (\u201cSlumdog Millionaire,\u201d \u201cLion\u201d), who has been obsessed with action cinema from different parts of the world ever since he was a child, has been working on \u201cMonkey Man\u201d for nearly a decade. \u201cIt was an action-packed, crazy ride \u2013 blood, sweat, tears, broken bones, literally\u2014for this revenge film about faith,\u201d shares Patel about his passion project, which he set out to write years ago, and eventually became his directorial debut. \u201cIt\u2019s set in a modernized India, and we take one of the oldest mythologies we have and put a brand-new spin on it. We\u2019ve taken something and made it completely original. It vibrates with energy and soul and culture, and some of the most insane action.\u201d<\/p>\n