Two cops. One honest. One corrupt. Both dead inside. Filipino cinema's moral autopsy.
Cris and Jason are two policemen with two opposite personalities and philosophies-Cris is the epitome of the rare, near-extinct breed of honest cops while Jason is the basurero, the legman/front man who does the dirty work of his district's high officials.
Acting
Paolo Contis' quiet desperation vs. Alfred Vargas' swaggering rot.
Direction
Apolinario captures Manila's suffocating gray-green palette.
Director
Cesar Apolinario
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during height of Philippines' 'war on drugs' discourse, though predates Duterte. The term 'basurero' (garbage man) for dirty cops reflects actual police slang.
Pepe Smith, rock legend cameo, was reportedly cast for authenticity—he'd had actual run-ins with police. Christopher de Leon's Major Sagala was allegedly based on a real Quezon City official.
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