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Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Writing, directing, and starring in this independent film, Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon are definitely two people to watch.This is an exciting movie about an American who is brought back to the Philippines to do something for terrorist in order that he might save his mother and sister. The pace is face as we wait to see what he will be required to do.The film is not just about terrorism, but also blends in the grinding poverty in the Phillipines, where Adam (Gamazon) is introduced to the underside of this society children sell their bodies for prostitution, and the odor of a polluted swamp forces him to cover his nose; and the government's campaign against Muslims. It is more than a thriller. It is also an education to those who don't often focus on the plight of others in the world.

I am watching the DVD while writing this comment. It's almost at the end of it, and I will be glad when it will be over. I imagine myself to be trapped inside a cinema to watch this crap. It would be simple torture.Some Philippino is testing his new videocam, and he sells it as a movie. The main 'actor' is so bad that I think he never had one lesson of acting in his life. The camera follows him through the dirty streets of Manila, and it will do the job to prevent you ever to go to that country. That's the good side effect of the movie.It says on the DVD cover that it won some prices. I wonder if was shown to a deaf and blind jury. Sorry for being so harsh, but I read many times on this website: This was the worst movie etc. But this one really wins the price.

Intense, and intensely low-budget, this action-suspense experimenter is one of the most effective student-like movies I've seen. Keeping true to their moniker (gorilla productions), rookie film-making team Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon (also the star) show a surprising amount of skill in their hard-edged, guerrilla approach. The fast-paced thriller, also masking as edgy Philippino travelogue, traces the nervous steps Gamazon must undergo after being virtually hijacked by an unknown overseer. Playing out much in the same vein as many popular "momentum flicks" (Crank, Nick of Time etc), here these gifted newcomers instill a realism even they could not have hoped for at times.Once thrust has been set into motion, Gamazon is shot in an alluring realism amidst the scenic decay of our title city. The technique will be a bit much for many viewers of more stable cinematography, coming across mostly as a Tony Scott with few dollars to spare. At times intrusive and overbearing, somehow the effect manages to end up complimenting this little project splendidly, working better then it should because the perfectly exploited locations and real crowds this amateur crew uses to perfection completely engage the viewer with the breakneck plot as it unfolds.Not all is well however. We are all willing to suspend our disbelief in favor of embracing a well enough thought out piece of fiction, but the groundwork that makes for this immersed experience is not firm enough to sustain the realism it so graciously offers for the eye. Lead, and pretty much only, character Gamazon is also somewhat disappointing in the self-casting, really never breaking out of a self conscious projection and loosing himself inside the part. His puny presence could perhaps be another reason some would reject the movie, but of course those would be the action purists. Others interested in more experimental fare would do well to check out this little gem of a young team coming with a lot of adventurous film heart; the darkly appropriate political insight, as elementary as it is, becomes that much more affirmative once viewed in direct parallel to the reality of it all, making Cavite more then the frenzied action it showcases.

The movie paints an accurate picture of typical Philippine surroundings and the lifestyle what some people have to live through. Unfortunately I didn't come away with any major feelings, good or bad. As a first gen Fil-Am who has lived in the PI for several years, I am very aware of the political-economic issues, which were not well conveyed in this plot, likely due to the fact that there was basically only two voices, one face and a plot that tried to do too much in such a short time-frame. My Caucasian wife just did not understand the movie, there are many subtleties that only a Filipino (or someone who grew up there) would understand or appreciate. The ending was particularly disappointing, I guess you'll have to see it to understand. BTW, also growing up in a very Pilipino part of SD, I have not met any Filipino Muslims, I know they exist, but they are so few and far between that even I couldn't relate to the main character.