Erik Matti's Buybust
It was technically brilliant! At least for a Filipino film. The sound design was good, although I didn't fully buy the production design as there were plenty of times when I was aware that most of the "slum area" was a set. So the look was more polished than gritty. It was well cast, although the story was bare minimum so there was no emotional hook. So even though there was a lot of body count, the deaths didn't really have an impact on me. Also, the movie had a comic book feel to it so when it went to its serious political commentaries, they felt forced and awkward. But my major problem with this movie being an action movie was that I found the fight sequences to be repetitive, to a point of exhausting. Also, the fight choreography was sloppy in places. And was it just me, but how come ordinary slum dwellers knew martial arts?