An accident at a pharmaceutical lab turns the mild-mannered and unassuming Junie, an ice cream vendor, into a superhero. Junie finds out that being strong and admired can also have its downside.
Practical Effects
The cockroach suit is glorious DIY madness.
Writing
Sharp satire of poverty and superhero worship.
Acting
Vhong Navarro commits 300% to every ridiculous moment.
Director
Erik Matti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the peak of Ragnarok Online and text-message humor, it's a time capsule of early 2000s Filipino youth culture.
Erik Matti later directed serious genre films like On the Job and BuyBust—this was his 'what if we had no budget but maximum chaos' era.
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