Hit-Monkey

Our Review

A Japanese macaque witnesses an assassin’s death, takes up his guns and his grudge, and wages a one-monkey war on Tokyo’s yakuza — guided by the ghost of the dead hitman (Jason Sudeikis, a wisecracking American specter who can’t quite believe his afterlife either). The show is exactly as ridiculous and as violent as the premise promises: R-rated action-comedy with genuinely sharp animation and a body count that would make John Wick blink.

The ghost-mentor double-act (the monkey’s silence vs. Bryce’s constant commentary) is a perfect comic engine, and the show sneaks in real feeling — grief, revenge, the strange bond between a dead man and the beast carrying his war. Season 2 moves to New York and keeps the machine running. A cult item, proudly.

Verdict: Watch it if the premise makes you smile. That’s the target audience, and it hits.