DVD Review - Cavite
This film is a testament to the fact that you can make a gripping film with no budget. Ian Gamazon stars in, directed, wrote, produced and edited this film (Neill Dela Llana assists him in every aspect except the acting).
Adam (Gamazon) is a Filipino-American who works as a security guard in San Diego. He seems to be an ordinary person who leads an ordinary life. He has what appears to be a dead end job and a relationship with his girlfriend which is problematic. When he gets a call from his mother
telling him that his father has passed away he immediately makes arrangements to leave for Manilla. He cannot imagine what is waiting for him when he gets there.
His mother was supposed to pick him at the airport but she never shows up. Adam places several calls to her but all he gets in an answering machine. After a while Adam gets a call telling him to look at a package in his bag. The voice on the phone also tells him that his mother and sister are being held hostage and unless Adam does what he is told his mother and sister will die. It turns out that the person on the phone is part of a Muslim extremist group and has a whole agenda laid out for Adam (Adam happens to be a lapsed Muslim). There was a sequence that featured animal abuse which is something that I deplore and find totally unnecessary.
That is all I will say about the plot. But I will tell you that this a film that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Yes, the film looks very indie. It is a bit rough at the edges. And Gamazon is not a great actor. But none of this matters. This film really makes your nerves jangle. And it also makes statements about extremism, poverty and the West taking over the world. This film had a very limited release a few months ago but it is now available on DVD so there is no excuse not to see it.
Adam (Gamazon) is a Filipino-American who works as a security guard in San Diego. He seems to be an ordinary person who leads an ordinary life. He has what appears to be a dead end job and a relationship with his girlfriend which is problematic. When he gets a call from his mother
telling him that his father has passed away he immediately makes arrangements to leave for Manilla. He cannot imagine what is waiting for him when he gets there.
His mother was supposed to pick him at the airport but she never shows up. Adam places several calls to her but all he gets in an answering machine. After a while Adam gets a call telling him to look at a package in his bag. The voice on the phone also tells him that his mother and sister are being held hostage and unless Adam does what he is told his mother and sister will die. It turns out that the person on the phone is part of a Muslim extremist group and has a whole agenda laid out for Adam (Adam happens to be a lapsed Muslim). There was a sequence that featured animal abuse which is something that I deplore and find totally unnecessary.
That is all I will say about the plot. But I will tell you that this a film that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Yes, the film looks very indie. It is a bit rough at the edges. And Gamazon is not a great actor. But none of this matters. This film really makes your nerves jangle. And it also makes statements about extremism, poverty and the West taking over the world. This film had a very limited release a few months ago but it is now available on DVD so there is no excuse not to see it.
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