Metro Manila

[Ako Si Jamie]

Showing at

Curzon Soho, London
Hackney Picturehouse, London
Ritzy Picturehouse, London
Vue Islington, London
Vue Shepherds Bush, London
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
The Showroom, Sheffield

No Birmingham though

[Terpe]

This film is without doubt a thriller, although the action scenes are kept to a minimum in terms of length (they do remain quite violent).

But what's shocking about it is that it's for most people the first time they're actually going to see or hear about Manila, and in this case they'll be seeing it from the bottom looking up. This film paints a rather dark picture, but a picture worth seeing: the developing world isn't a bed of roses, and things like violence and corruption do make up the everyday lives of its poorer inhabitants.

Therefore, this story is a story of struggle, and is definitively worth seeing, if only to get away from the postcard image that we may have seen of the Philippines.

Source:-
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1845838/combined

No mention of any sub-titles...........yet.