The OG Filipino noir where a cop plays both sides and nobody's clean.
Lieutenant Diego, a government intelligence officer, a G-2, becomes a double agent to gain entry into the sinister world of the smugglers of firearms, jewelry, and opium.
Direction
Fernandez crafts shadows like a man who studied Welles.
Cinematography
Expressionist lighting in a tropical setting—unexpected and gorgeous.
Acting
De la Rosa's Diego simmers with conflicted loyalty.
Director
Gregorio Fernandez
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