Woman in the Woods (2020)

Woman in the Woods: Directed by Kevin Ang. With Ireno Alcala, Lotlot Bustamante, Mercedes Cabral, Louisa Cho. When Jason’s father dies, he goes on an adventure to his father’s homeland, The Philippines, to honor his memory and experience the stories he grew up hearing. Soon Jason discovers himself experiencing myth and legend and is tasked with helping the mythical Magayon, or Woman in the Woods, in her quest to return home on a volcanic island in the Philippines.

“Granted, I sat down to watch the 2020 movie u0026quot;Woman in the Woodsu0026quot; and I was expecting it to be maybe something in the likes of the old u0026quot;Tarzanu0026quot; movies, given the fact that the movie had a scantily clad jungle lady and a gorilla on the cover.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRight, well you can forget about the gorilla entirely, because there are no apes in the movie at all. So why that gorilla was on the cover at all just makes absolutely no sense. In fact, the woman on the cover wasnu0026#39;t in the movie either. So I have no idea what the people making the cover were thinking, much less trying to pull.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYet, I must say that u0026quot;Woman in the Woodsu0026quot; was actually a rather surprisingly nice movie when it comes to it, you just have to ignore the cover entirely as it had absolutely nothing to do with the actual movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline told in u0026quot;Woman in the Woodsu0026quot; is based on a Philippine legend. Now, I happened not to be familiar with the legend that the movie is based on, so I have no idea how true the movie was to the actual legend. But regardless, the movie proved to be an interesting and entertaining movie nonetheless.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn order to enjoy a movie like the 2020 movie u0026quot;Woman in the Woodsu0026quot; from writer and director Kevin Ang, then you must have a healthy interest in Asian folklore and legends, or at the very least an interest in Asian culture and movies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie has a relatively small ensemble of actors and actresses on the cast list, so those performing in the movie had a bit more resting on their shoulders in terms of carrying the movie with their individual performances. And I must admit that both Mercedes Cabral (playing Magayon) and Brian Sy (playing Jason) actually did just that.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile u0026quot;Woman in the Woodsu0026quot; is hardly a movie that warrant more than a single viewing, then it is actually a movie that I would recommend you sit down to watch, should you find yourself given the opportunity. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, and my rating of u0026quot;Woman in the Woodsu0026quot; lands on a six out of ten stars.”