'Monster Cop' Ma Seok-do investigates an illegal online gambling business led by a former STS Baek and an IT genius CEO Chang. Ma proposes an unexpected alliance to Jang and begins hunting down the criminals.
A Yukon, in un paesaggio immerso nella neve, un uomo riemerge dalle gelide acque di un fiume, afferra un oggetto nascosto sul fondo e va a scaldarsi vicino a un falò, prima di lanciarsi in un'altra missione. L'uomo è Cross, un agente che lavora per il programma segreto Outcome. Giunto in una casupola di legno, trova un altro agente, il cui nome in codice è #3; ma improvvisamente un drone fuori programma prende di mira i due. Mentre, dall'altra parte del mondo, un uomo di nome Jason Bourne ha deciso di rivelare il programma segreto, i vertici hanno deciso che ogni singolo agente dovrà essere eliminato.
Tra l'inferno e la miseria di Manila, Tatang e Daniel, due detenuti, beneficiano di permessi speciali per uscire dal carcere e portare a termine gli omicidi commissionati dalla polizia corrotta. Sui delitti indagano gli agenti Francis e Joachim, ben lungi dall'immaginare che i criminali che stanno cercando sono già dietro le sbarre. Tutti e quattro gli uomini, nel tentativo di rendere migliore la vita dei loro familiari, dovranno confrontarsi con un mondo di macchinazioni e violenze.
Alla ricerca di un futuro migliore nella megalopoli Manila, Oscar Ramirez e la sua famiglia fuggono dalla miseria delle risaie del Nord delle Filippine. Manila però si rivela una giungla addirittura peggiore, e presto la dura vita della metropoli soffoca i loro sogni ed aspettative. La famiglia Ramirez si trova ad esser vittima di soprusi e corruzione. Oscar però ha un colpo di fortuna: riesce a trovare un impiego ben pagato come agente di sicurezza ai blindati di traporto valori. Il suo collega e superiore lo ha in simpatia e quindi lo prende sotto la propria ala. Ma presto vengono a galla i lati oscuri del lavoro di Oscar e del suo collega e superiore.
Imprese dell'equipaggio del B17 (Fortezza volante) Mary Ann sul fronte del Pacifico (Manila, Pearl Harbor, Mar dei Coralli) durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Uno dei migliori film d'aviazione (e di propaganda) girati durante la guerra. Il merito è della sceneggiatura di D. Nichols (candidata all'Oscar), ricca di risvolti e di tensione, del bianconero di J. Wong Howe, dell'omogenea squadra d'interpreti, del modo con cui Hawks sottolinea i temi della costrizione e del rapporto tra le singole unità e un organismo più vasto
L'arrivo a Manila alla ricerca dell'amata Ligaya, con la quale ha una relazione fortemente ostacolata da una vecchia signora, segna l'inizio della discesa verso gli inferi dell'alienazione sociale per Julio, un giovane pescatore appartenente a un mondo povero e primitivo. La vita dura in un cantiere edile, episodi che predicono tragicamente il suo desiderio di uccidere e un'incursione nei circoli della prostituzione segnano il viaggio di Julio, che da ragazzo mite e di buon cuore si trasformerà in uomo amareggiato e vendicativo.
A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
Valentin Zapanta (Eddie Garcia) was know as "Ninong" ("Godfather") by the whole of Tondo. Because of his large territory, many tried to usurp his hold on Tondo. And when the time came, it was the least of his expectations that his closest "friend," whom he treated as his own son, would be the one to betray him.
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.
A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.
War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues.
The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.
Brothers Joel, Dennis and Sonny work together as dancers at a low-rent gay bar in downtown Manila, in the Philippines. Despite his mother's pleas, Sonny decides to quit college to work full-time at the bar, while Dennis has moved beyond dancing into prostitution at the urging of the manipulative club manager. Joel, the eldest, tries to balance his secret gay life with his socially respectable role as a husband and father.
Maxi è un dodicenne gay che vive come squatter in una baraccopoli assieme alla famiglia. Si comporta come una ragazza, accettato dalla famiglia e dai vicini. Una notte, tornando a casa, due sconosciuti tentano di violentarlo, ma Victor, un giovane poliziotto in perlustrazione lo salva. Nasce così una profonda amicizia tra i due, che verrà messa a dura prova quando il padre di Maxi verrà ucciso a tradimento dal capo della polizia.
Pitong Gatang is a barangay in Tondo where Berting Cayabyab is the barangay chairman. He holds a dark secret that no one knows about. Mariposa is an adjacent barangay where Lamberta Enriquez or Lambing, for short, is the new barangay chairwoman. She is strict, tough and idealistic. All these began to change when she met the leader of Barangay Pitong Gatang.
An Interpol agent is out for revenge against the gangsters that cut off his arm and killed his bride. This tragedy left him deeply depressed, and his battle with depression has to be won first before he can be thoroughly trained in martial arts. After his training, Ortega hunts down his adversaries for a final reckoning.
Abandoned by his wife, Mitch finds respite from his depression by spying on beautiful new neighbor Jack; next thing you know, the pair becomes intimately acquainted. But trouble lies ahead: It seems that Jack's lover has ties to Manila's underworld, and Mitch soon finds himself in grave danger.
Weng Weng plays an agent, code-named “00” who works for the Manila branch of Interpol. The Chief sends him in pursuit of an arch villain, Mr X, whose white sock covered head is reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan’s pointed hoods. When Mr X holds the Philippines for ransom two businessmen, Maolo and Simeon, pay his demands. Weng Weng suspects foul play and goes deep undercover to reveal the true identity of the mysterious Mr X.
Lilet Never Happened is the rollercoaster story of how a young girl, struggling to survive in the streets of Manila, spirals down into child prostitution. She is a fighter. She is a dreamer. She is a rebel and she thinks she can handle the world with her wits. But she has to face up to reality when she runs out of innocent dreams.
Roving foodies Angela May and Bobby Chinn embark on two culinary journeys across Asia. Angela travels to the western coast of India to sample the cuisine and culture of the thriving melting pot that is Goa. Meanwhile, Bobby travels to Manila where he discovers a passionate and humorous people, and their love of food.