Shake, Rattle and Roll
I have always been fascinated with Chris Martinez ever since he came up with Last Order ng Penguin. Till his first film with Eugene Domingo in here comes the bride, for me he captures and gets most of the moments. "Relevance", in line with the recent floods, there is no better timing to make it into a horror story. Granted some of the scary scenes were copied from asian films, the more "filipino" was the first one.
Folklore, provincial idyllic feel. That might be the only thing worth watching. Crappy acting? check. Soapy dialogue? Check. and zanjoe Marudo just made my list of the worst actor EVER.
Warring mangkukulam? ok. leave it there.
Asiong Salonga
1. Left a bitter taste, more like asking for Aguiluz's original version. I don't even think it deserved the editing award. Some parts were just a bit off.
2. While most of the rants I will be presenting below would be a summation of what is obvious and clear:
a. Male Machismo would always be guns and philandering
b. Glorify tambay sa kanto, because thats how people will be respected- get yourself cocky and bully the bully.
c. Revenge. that's it for most of the time.
3. The bicycle-riding-gun fighting scene was funny!
4. If it wasn't for the black and white cinematography, the whole thing would've been any average action film dated in the 50s. There's no better way to make it stylized for cheesy lines to sound cool, "akin ang Tondo!"
5. Most of the time, I was checking out the whole 40s-50s vibe. How Tondo looked, how the characters talk and how "things were". I even concerned myself to the tiny detail as the money used. Love the outfits and Abellana's hair. Though, I keep on thinking she looks a bit young for ER Ejercito. Im convincing myself that there won't be a rape scene anytime soon. Relax, its his husband btw.
.. If this becomes a hit, Im expecting another era of crappy action films. If the trailer was a sign, lets all welcome, Hitman. starring Cesar Montano.
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