Marvel's Hit-Monkey review: This monkey does not always mean business

Hit-Monkey, even though clearly inspired from Men In Black, has an awesome start but tends to drag on as it reaches the end.

Hit Monkey.

Hit-Monkey

Story:

A monkey discovers the power of guns and finds a way to channelise his anger. He seeks revenge for the death of his family. Accompanied by the ghost of a former assassin, the monkey leaves on his mission, only to realise there is a huge bounty on him.

Review:

Marvel's Hit-Monkey, often associated with Deadpool and the X-Men, finally gets a series of its own. However, there isn't much that he brings to the screen, at least with this series.

Right when Hit Monkey begins, you enter a ruthless world, one filled with violence. You soon meet an irritating character in Bryce. He keeps searching for trouble by pissing off the wrong people at random places like the bar or kitchen. However we also meet Hit Monkey's family thanks to him. He is an irritating chatterbox throughout the series, nonetheless.

The show takes you to the world of Batman, with the Mayor being targetted by an assassin. It in fact has a mention of Oswald too (who was briefly the mayor of Gotham City in the DC Universe).

This world has a good blend of America and Japan. It has the peace and chaos of Japan with the rich snobs living in America.

The series takes us through how the Hit Monkey was actually born and how Bryce, the assassin, irked him off and then won him over. Soon, the Hit Monkey turns a gentleman and looks right out of Men In Black.

There are songs involved in the series which appear to be absolutely unnecessary and reduce the impact of a scene rather than enhancing it. The series turns out to be a fun one with a dead soul and monkey conversing with each other.

Hit Monkey's fighting style is something you barely would have seen before. He knows his business and means it when he wishes to.

The switching of scenes is quite cool. The scene where you move from the Hit Monkey behind an exhaust fan to the detective sipping coffee, the scenes transition well.

Fat Cobra from X-Men is here in the series. He is in a combat with Hit Monkey. As an antagonist, he manages to have his way, right till the end.

There is a subtle mention of The Punisher. You get a second of glimpse into the comic book, thus hinting there could be a collab between Hit Monkey and The Punisher soon.

Yuki, Marvel's version of Kaguya (Naruto), makes an appearance out of thin air. Created by Daredevil, she has powers which remain unmatched.

The assassin - Lady Bullseye - makes a scary first impression in the series. She is at par with Hit Monkey and is actually worse since she is one ruthless woman while Hit Monkey has a lot of emotions.

The backstory of this Hit Monkey is also explored in the form of an episode. A piece of advice (that you should already know): Do not look away from the screen unless you know monkey language or else you're going to set off on a journey more clueless than ever.

While Hit Monkey starts off on a cool note, it becomes depressing by the time it comes to an end and not because the series is ending but everything around Hit Monkey is depressing. From all the deaths around him to Bryce's sad life, nothing really keeps you intriguied.

The Silver Samurai makes an appearance in a way you did not see coming. Him teaming up with Yuki is something you wouldn't completely expect or ignore either.

The big twist towards the end is the one you do not see coming but honestly, you are too bored by the time to care.

Hit Monkey tries to Money Heist formula by introducing the money masks but it does not work in its favour one bit. The show kind of takes a dig at itself by ending with an awkward silence. Honestly, we don't think it could get better, till it did with a huge surprise.

Verdict:

The show starts off as awesome but ends up with you asking yourself why are you still watching it? The series is unnecessarily long and that removes the fun out of it.

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