99 kills, one name, zero chill — Filipino cinema's most patriotic body count.
A re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans. He was later supported by the Japanese during WWII. Nickname was "El Vibora" (the Viper).
Direction
Bernal's operatic framing of political violence as spectacle.
Acting
Vic Vargas smolders through 99 kills with unsettling conviction.
Production
Period detail that somehow cost less than your monthly rent.
Director
Ishmael Bernal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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