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ON THE JOB
by Erik Matti
Philippines 2013 121 original version with English subtitles
wed 19 nov 10:00 pm Murnau Filmtheater
Script: Michiko Yamamoto, Erik Matti, DoP: Ricardo Buhay III, Editor: Jay Halili, Production: Star Cinema, Reality Entertainment, Producers: Dondon Monteverde, Erik Matti, Cast: Piolo Pascual, Gerald Anderson, Joel Torre, Joey Marquez
ON THE JOB is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living. It shows the parallels between prison inmates who are contract killers, and the agents of the law investigating the murders. As they get caught in a web of machination of corrupt government officials, their jobs lead them on a head-on collision against each other. Matti brings action back to the Philippines. Feel the bullets!
"Plunging the viewer headlong into the sweat and blood, cynicism and corruption of Metro Manila’s mean streets,ON THE JOB is a gritty, convoluted but steadily engrossing crime thriller from Filipino genre maven Erik Matti. Although this fast-paced actioner takes a while to sort out its parallel plotlines, extending from an unusually porous prison system to the highest political offices, it ultimately fires on all cylinders as a tense, well-acted B-movie whose strong local flavor is unlikely to survive the inevitable offshore remake." (Variety)
Biography: Erik Matti started his career in the 1990s, with a wide body of movies and TV commercials. A versatile filmmaker, he has taken on many hats as a writer (13 titles), producer, actor, and acting director. He began his directorial career with SCORPIO NIGHTS 2 (1999), and went on with a prolific rhythm in a very wide range of films from action, horror and comedy. His reputation for being a master of genre is not only known in his home country as most of his films have reached foreign shores and were screened in numerous festivals around the world.
Filmography (selection): 1999 SCORPIO NIGHTS 2, 2000 PEDRO PENDUKO, EPISODE II: RETURN OF THE COMEBACK, 2002 PROSTI, 2004 GAGAMBOY; PA-SIYAM, 2010 THE ARRIVAL, 2012 TIKTIK: THE ASWANG CHRONICLES; RIGODON, 2013 ON THE JOB
Awards (selection): Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Editing, Story, Sound (FAMAS Awards, Manila/Philippines 2014)
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Contact:
Reality Entertainment Inc.
Dave Hukom
5533 P.Binay Street Cor. Cuangco St. Branagay Pio Del Pilar
1230 Makati City
Philippines
Tel.: +63 (2) 8 87 73 86
www.reality.com.ph
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