Sunday 23 December 2012

Movie Review: The Grave Bandits

This movie surprises me, I did not expect that this movie is going to be a big one. Sa quality pa lang ng texture ng film , napakalinaw cause they used red cam. Well the movie is about the young boy and a men na mga magnanakaw sa gamit ng patay sa sementeryo.  Then sa huling bayan na pinuntahan nila ay nahuli sila kaya hinabol sila ng mga taong bayan hanggang sa makarating sila sa isang isla na dominated ng mga zombies na kumakain ng kapwa tao at doon nila na meet ang 2 survivor sa isla na iyon na siyang nakakaalam ng dahilan kung bakit nagging zmbie ang mga tao doon. The conflict will start their kung papaano sila makakatakas sa isla na iyon o magiging isa din ba sila sa mga zombie.

The movie really amazes me. It got a good screenplay. Every scene is worth watching for. Talagang aabangan mo ang bawat eksena. It also got a solid unique story. They used non actors sa film na ito and I thnk mga veteran character actor na madalang kong mapanood sa mainstream. All of the actors did well on their role. So maganda din pala na ganito yung
treatment sa film na non actors yung mga gumanap kasi mas nabibigyan nila ng buhay yung character at hindi ka natatali sa mukha ng isang kilalang artista. It is very refreshing to see them act together.  Special mention sa dalawang bidang lalaki na sina Ronald Pacifico as Romy and Marti Sandino San Juan as Peewee na napaka natural ng acting at napakahuhusay ng pagkakaganap. Pinakanagustuhan kong eksena is yung conversation ni Romy with the foreigner scientist because you would not expect sa isang batang magnanakaw na marunong mag English at fluent pa. Effective yung scene na yun para matawa ang mga audience. Basta ang galing talaga ng movie that’s why I would like to commend as well the director of the film and his AD’s  for creating this masterpiece.  I like the treatment that they did in the film it is very fast paced adventure film. The fight scene was awesome as well parang nanood ako ng Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles ganoon ang quality ng movie na ito. I did not expect that an indie film can match the quality of a mainstream movie in which the genre is action suspense horror comedy movie. Parang pwede mong ipantapat ito sa mga quality  film from other Asian countries. This is the first time na napakanood ako ng indie film na ganito ang genre and it exceed my expectation, dahil parang hindi siya indie, sobrang iba yung quality ng movie na ito, without exaggeration. And because of that this is the first indie film that Im going to give a perfect score for my review.

It’s nice to have this kind of genre in an indie film. It’s a bold move because it is very risky to produce this kind of genre in a very limited market but for me this kind of film, deserves a mainstream market at kailangan mapanood ng mga tao at kailangan ma imarket sa ibang bansa cause our country can also create this kind of quality action adventure horror suspense comedy film. I am looking forward that they continue to produce such film and I am wishing for the mainstream films to produce this kind of film that is worth watching. I will recommend everyone to watch this film on MMFF New Wave as they still have special screening at Glorietta 4 extended until December 24 2012. Kudos to the team. Job well done.

My Verdict: 5/5

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