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The Monkey (2025) 4/10.
I took my eye off the ball to crate dig in the middle of this for about 2 minutes and when I came I was lost at sea.
Two non-monozygotic (non-identical) twins inherit a drumming monkey toy from their absent father. When the monkey drums, bad shit happens. Somehow the 2 very different looking brothers grow into two Theo James’ in the present day and one tries to stop the other from deploying the aforementioned primate. Like a lot of Stephen King there’s the usual reflection on childhood as formative in subsequent character development but sadly like a lot of his adaptations the screenplay lacks the narrative of the book. Some inventive kills but over-use of CGI means they’re all unimpactful. Avoid unless you have nothing else to do.