The action movie is about the survivors of a plane crash incident in Jolo, Sulu who were held hostage by an armed group.
said that it will reevaluate the Hollywood film “” after some lawmakers condemned the movie for supposedly portraying the Philippines “negatively.”
“Although the film is fictional, we still would not want our country to be portrayed in a negative and inaccurate light,” the MTRCB said in a statement on Thursday, February 16. MTRCB said that it will take necessary actions if there is anyway “injurious to the prestige of the Philippines or its people.”
In the movie’s trailer, Jolo island was described as a place that is “run by separatists and militias” and that “the Philippine army wouldn’t go there anymore.”Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, Daniella Pineda, Paul Ben-Victor, Remi Adeleke, Joey Slotnick, Evan Dane Taylor, Claro de los Reyes,criticized the film for allegedly portraying a “bad image” of the Philippines.
“Reputasyon po ng Inang Bayan ang pinag-uusapan dito, Ginoong Pangulo. Alam niyo po, pagka tayo pag pinaguusapan natin ang bayan natin at mga diprensya, okay lang ‘yan kasi trabaho natin ‘yan. Pero pagka ibang bansa na po ang bumabanat sa atin dapat ‘di dapat tayo pumapayag,” the neophyte senator said.
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