Movie Review: The Monkey
It’s like if Final Destination met Fear Street but campier. Like if Death was actually a monkey and the filmmakers knew how ridiculous that sounded and rolled with it.
The kills were great, the ending was great, everything was camp galore. But there’s no fucking plot.
Was it about a dad reconnecting with his kid? No, he pushes his kid away every chance he can get until literally the last scene.
Was it about revenge against a brother? Maybe, but if so it didn’t add anything to the movie. Hell, maybe he didn’t want revenge but just to reconnect.
Was it about… I don’t know, there’s really no other plot options. All I could tell you is that it’s about a monkey (don’t call it a toy) that randomly kills people in Final Destination like fashions.
And honestly, the tone was so spot on that I almost didn’t care about the lack of plot. Almost.