Dutch; Flemish (nl-NL)

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Gangster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) regeert met ijzeren vuist over de gemene straten van Manilla - totdat hij wordt verraden door een vertrouwde vriend. Manila Kingpin is gebaseerd op het verhaal van de beruchte bendeleider Nicasio 'Asiong' Salonga uit Tondo, Manilla, wiens levensechte verhalen sinds 1961 in verschillende filmversies waren geportretteerd (met Joseph Estrada in de hoofdrol). Het is ook de eerste Filippijnse grote film die in de 21e eeuw in zwart-wit is geproduceerd, evenals de terugkerende actiegenrefilm. Voordat de film werd vertoond, verzocht Tikoy Aguiluz de producenten, via zijn advocaten, om zijn regiecredits in de film en promotiemiddelen te verwijderen, omdat de definitieve versie van de film niet langer als de zijne kan worden omschreven nadat de producenten een hermontage, re-shoot en muziekmix hadden gemaakt zonder zijn betrokkenheid. Hij eiste ook dat hij een director's cut van de film mocht maken.

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Manila Kingpin

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The Untold Story of Asiong Salonga
Overview

Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.

1h 56m

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