Metro Manila

Name: Metro Manila
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: August 22, 2014
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 65

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Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: August 22, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Oscar, a recent emigrant to Manila, gets pulled into a harrowing world of corruption and violence when he takes a job as an armored car driver to support his family.

Director: Sean Ellis

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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The Playlist Nikola Grozdanovic

Aug 18, 2014

Metro Manila is a horror story in its own unflinching way. Read full review

Empire Damon Wise

Aug 18, 2014

Filmmaker Sean Ellis does terrific work balancing the disparate elements of his crime-laced drama. Read full review

Matt Glasby

Aug 18, 2014

A moving morality tale set in a world rarely seen in western cinema, Metro Manila is an underdog drama that feels as authentic as it is original. Read full review

Alissa Simon

Aug 18, 2014

The screenplay (co-written with Hollywood scribe Frank E. Flowers) boasts the stock characters and situations, sentimentality, foreshadowing and melodrama of soap opera. Yet by cleverly blending these ingredients with those of an action caper, the pic presents a fresher appeal. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Aug 19, 2014

It’s false as social document, often gripping as entertainment. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Aug 18, 2014

Although the pacing would have benefited from some judicious tightening, much of the film’s effectiveness is attributable to the lead actors’ well-modulated performances. Read full review

Kenji Fujishima

Aug 18, 2014

Sean Ellis doesn't so much understand Filipino society as merely sees it as grist for standard genre fare, perhaps hoping that the foreign setting will somehow automatically make the clichés feel fresh. Read full review

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LeZee

Sep 24, 2015

Sometime you must risk all when you get a chance.

An independently produced from both the countries, Phillipines and United Kingdom which was selected to represent Britain at the 2013 Oscars. This crime-thriller is about a family's struggle and involvement in a crime affair. From theSometime you must risk all when you get a chance.

An independently produced from both the countries, Phillipines and United Kingdom which was selected to represent Britain at the 2013 Oscars. This crime-thriller is about a family's struggle and involvement in a crime affair. From the director of 'Cashback' another excellent and a different movie. When the movie 'Where God Left His Shoes' meets 'Armored', the 'Metro Manila' forms. But in a better way in every minute detail. With the beautiful dialogues and the performances the story makes you wonder how long it can drag. The value of sacrifice for the sake of the family's survive strikes with the unexpected twist.

A farmer family who failed to harvest in large quantity gets a little value for what they got in the hands. The savings are not enough to invest for the next season. So the whole family, father, mother and two children decide to travel to the capital city to earn money. They struggle to get a place to stay in the threatening Manila city where it is crowded, polluted and illegal activities are soaring high. Being a farmer family, they are the easiest target to get cheated. Both the parents get a decent job till they come to know the reason behind their recruitment. And what comes after is the family's only chance to put a full stop for all the struggles for once.

''You have more chances of seeing an alien than winning the lotto.''

You know what impressed me in this movie, the reality. Everything I saw was like a documentary movie till the last quarter. In the last few minutes I realized that I am watching a movie. That is only because of the awesome twist and turn to end the story on a high note. From beginning to the end the narration was precisely defined about the life in Manila city, especially in the category of below poverty line. The honest was convinced me and so the great end with a line: I too want to save my family, but my plan was never based on a dream. One of the best dramas based on the innocent family. It won't try to convince you with the family sentiments, but stays true and unveils the brutality of the metro city which apply same proportion for any other metros in the world. A rare gem and won't be wrong to say it is a must see.… Expand

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