Philippine director Erik Matti's sprawling crime thriller details the political and journalistic fallout from an assassination gone awry.
Cinema genre specialist Erik Matti and his screenwriter spouse, Michiko Yamamoto, return to the world of 2013’swith this ambitious three-hour-and-twenty-eight-minute sequel, which will soon be re-edited, along with its predecessor, into a six-episode limited miniseries for HBO Asia. Even at near-length, it works pretty darn well as a feature, widening the cops-‘n’-crooks scope of the Manila-set first film to focus on the role of journalism in holding politicians to account.
The setting this time is the municipality of La Paz, ruled over by Mayor Pedring Eusebio , the outwardly beloved head of a diplomatic dynasty that promotes itself as tough on crime and corruption. In reality, Eusebio is wallowing neck-deep in the muck, though he has enough control of the media apparatus to consistently twist the public narrative to his advantage.
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