Last Movie Watched: Cinema One Originals 2014: #Intense

Esoterika: Maynila (Elwood Perez, Philippines, 2014)

SYNOPSIS: Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plot conventions in this paradoxically moral tale of a young man en route to becoming a creative artist. (SOURCE: Cinema Crush)

WRITER: Elwood Perez, Jessica Zafra

STARS: Ronnie Liang, Vince Tañada, Federico Olbes

RATING: 3/5



Violator (Dodo Dayao, Philippines, 2014)

SYNOPSIS: Manila is caught in the worst typhoon in its history, and the world feels like it’s coming to an end. And when 5 men find themselves stranded inside a local police station, a mysterious prisoner is brought in, and the men discover that he may or may not be the devil. (SOURCE: Rappler)

WRITER: Dodo Dayao

STARS: Joel Lamangan, Victor Neri, RK Bagatsing, Anthony Falcon, Timothy Mabalot, Andy Bais

RATING: 5/5





Red (Jay Abello, Philippines, 2014)

SYNOPSIS: After a drug bust goes terribly wrong,a local fixer named Red becomes the fall guy for 8 million pesos worth of missing drugs. But when a corrupt system threatens to bury Red, he realizes that the one problem he can’t fix is his own. (SOURCE: Rappler)

WRITER: Jay Abello

STARS: Jericho Rosales, Mylene Dizon, Mercedez Cabral, JM Rodriguez

RATING: 3.5/5




Seoul Mates (Nash Ang, Philippines, 2014)

SYNOPSIS: When Alice, a transgender woman, flies to Korea to surprise her boyfriend, she catches him with another woman. Heartbroken, Alice decides to take her own life. But when she crosses paths with a young Korean musician named Joon, they strike a deal to hopefully win back their respective loves and put their lives back on track. (SOURCE: Rappler)

WRITER: Nash Ang

STARS: Mimi Juareza, Jisoo Kim, Jiwon Cha, Ryung Oh

RATING: 3/5




The Babysitters (Paolo O'Hara, Philippines, 2014)

SYNOPSIS: When hustlers, Rod and Lucy, become the unlikely parents of a kidnapped child, they pose as a nun and priest to cover their tracks from the local crime syndicate. The Babysitters is a comedy of errors that shows how even the best of crimes can’t hold back a strong family. (SOURCE: Rappler)

WRITER: Mara Paulina Adlawan Marasigan, Paolo O'Hara

STARS: Jason Gainza, Katya Santos, Jhiz Deocareza

RATING: 2/5

 

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