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Enrique Gil’s Birthday Week

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A L A P A A P . . . Mundong kaasam-asam,,, inaasam??? 🤔 asa? Aasa? Aasa sa wala? Wag na nga lang, masasaktan lang ang puso ko. 😜😂🤣 #dukot #hugot #candy #sweet #dessertmuseummanila #dessertmuseumph #thedessertmuseum #color #blue #marshmallow #interiordesign #designer #interiordesigner #colordynamics #colorenvironments https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo8MCP0HVkf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=icsq5m49zy1e

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P E R F E C T I O N Eto yung isa sa mga pagkakataon na masarap makita, ngunit dahil pinipili mo ang liwanag sa gabi, ang ingay sa kulob ng kahon, ang usok na tumatakip sayong mga mata, hindi mo na tuloy nakikita kung anung tunay na maganda at kaaya-aya, yung romantiko at totoo. Nabulag ka na din ng pansamantalang ligaya? #dukot #nature #naturephotography #sky #bluesky #cloud #sunset #beach #ocean #sea #travel #hugot #life #ph #philippines #pinoy (at Calabarzon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo52zRDH1nn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ua2osixsfyqh

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M A N I L A Naks! Ang ganda ng gabi... Wala namang katabi! 😂😭😱 Asa much. #Dukot di na hugot. #citylights #cityscape #citylife #night #urbanphotography #tgif #ph #philippines #manila #mnl #pinoy #intramuros @bayleafhotel (at Manila, Philippines) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo14uo6nCJH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z5uj6stvkfom

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Ka-shooter naman nito, bad trip. Haha! #dukot

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Dukot: Movie Review

Most recently, it was reported that director Paul Soriano’s Dukot has been selected as the Philippines’ entry to the prestigious Los Angeles Film Festival which will happen this October. I felt that it was a well deserved honor for a film that managed to accomplish insane levels of suspense with a combination of great technical skill, superb acting and a simple yet compelling story that hooks…

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Toonyoungster Watches: Dukot (2016)

I don’t usually watch Filipino films, but recently I watched one with my folks at a nearby screening so i figured I share my thoughts.

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Watching an indie film comes with its own set of expectations. Perhaps an unfamiliar cast, an original (but not necessarily ‘good’) story, and complex themes that go beyond the realm of mainstream media.

With Dukot, it’s biggest plot twist in that there’s not an element of romance to be found.

The film directed by Paul Soriano is as straightforward as it gets. A young man named Carlo (Enrique Gil) is kidnapped by mercenaries who them demand a ransom from his parents in exchange for his return. If you’ve seen any Filipino films, I don’t need to tell you that everything works out in the end.

But going into what works, the film’s greatest strength is in its characters. Enrique Gil, despite his history with being typecasted, proves that he is capable of pulling off roles outside his specialty, even the kidnapped pretty boy. Ricky Davao, who plays Carlos’ morally ambiguous father Charlie, is excellent at playing the character’s emotional range, expertly going from rage to helplessness in seconds. The rest of the characters are all wonderfully three-dimensional, and the cast that plays them all give commendable performances.

The only ones that are exempt is the kidnapping response team, who were more of a plot convenience than characters whose names deserve to be remembered.

The film is also a technical success. As a thriller, the jerky cinematography and intense score do a great job of depicting the movie’s various moods. Nothing groundbreaking, but effective.  

For all of its focus on the characters’ flaws and complexities, it's a bit disheartening that Dukot is so thematically restrained. The film adheres to your basic Filipino sensibilities, that family is everything, the government is filled with corruption, money isn’t everything, etc. It consistently questions the actions of its characters–Charlie’s fraudulence and the kidnappers’ motivations as the prime examples–but fails to commit to the narrative’s moral obscurities. In the end, the family gets their happy ending through wishful thinking, Charlie’s crimes are dismissed to the point of almost being irrelevant, and the kidnappers get their just desserts–except for the one who saved Carlos, of course. The fact that consequences don’t seem to exist is rather troubling since this film was (loosely?) based on a true story.

In the end, Dukot’s narrative is a little too safe and secure to be considered noteworthy in the world of Pinoy cinema. But while it doesn’t do anything fresh as a thriller, it’s emotional depth and fantastic performances from the cast will be able to keep you on your toes.   

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Dukot

"Dukot" can be commended on injecting fresh ideas to the local mainstream industry, and it shows Soriano’s maturity in his craft. However, the script lacks the guts to deliver a story as dark and gritty as its visuals. Our review on Paul Soriano's Dukot

  In a society where crime has inevitably become a way of life, director Paul Soriano (Kid Kulafu; Thelma) presents his latest film, Dukot, as a peephole into the traumas of abduction. The film delves into the psyches of both victims and perpetrators to show that evil persists in all social classes. Though Dukot can do more with dissecting its moral ambiguities, it makes it so at the expense of…

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