Resiklo (2007)

Resiklo (2007). Resiklo: Directed by Mark A. Reyes. With Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Dingdong Dantes, Jennylyn Mercado, Michelle Madrigal. An ex-military colonel and his fellow survivors must stand a chance against the alien race called Balangs who conquered their entire world.

“Oh well, what can I say, as someone who is involved in movie production, I keep a certain level of lenience when it comes to films that dares to be different with regards to how the story is told. If you strip a particular movie to its core, basically, its no different to any other movie out there, good or bad, Oscar winner or Razzie winner, its, like I said, how its told and thatu0026#39;s the main thing that separates the good from the bad ones.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGoing back to Resiklo, I must say it started out OK, the opening sequences were fine, though, that huge meteor looked so animated, but the succeeding sequences were good, especially the explosions on earth viewed from outer space. The whole movie starts to falter when we meet the protagonist, good oleu0026#39; Sen. Bong Revilla, oh man, heu0026#39;s too old to be playing roles like this. So, we see him walking in this huge wasteland, supposedly caused by the alien invasion (which Im also assuming has happened a while back) and we see him in this weird attire yet his face looked like he just stepped out from the Senate. I mean, where is characterization here? Should you look at least, say, filthy, unshaven, haggard and stinking if your world was devastated? Iu0026#39;m sorry, but from the moment I saw him, it all went downhill for me. And as more as we get to know him, the less we feel empathy for him. The screenplay and direction was, pardon me for the word, inept. It was so conscious in making scenes stand out and polished that the director forgot how to organically weave all these scenes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe supporting cast were lousy, especially his sons. Their acting was cliché and never really served any purpose to the movie. The only interesting character that came pretty close to convincing was Empress Schuck, but sadly hers was poorly developed. The only thing consistent was making the antagonist as less interesting and boring as the protagonist, at least in that regard, both were balanced.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe screenplay was laughable, and I had my loudest cackle when Sen. Bong saysu0026#39; u0026quot;over-staying na kayo, dapat na kayong ideport!u0026quot; What a line! The Christmas sub plot wasnu0026#39;t organically weaved into the story, Mark Reyes shouldu0026#39;ve stayed on this subject, and it wouldu0026#39;ve made the whole story interesting and relatable. That whole u0026quot;singing/prayingu0026quot; montage was just for show and it felt an MTV that didnu0026#39;t belong to the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs for the dull climax, well, thereu0026#39;s nothing much to say, except that you know what will happen. I mean, thereu0026#39;s a certain level of predictability in every movie, but how it takes its course is where the ingenuity of the storyteller comes into play.”