Review of The Execution of P (2009) by Onur C — 28 Nov 2009

It's an unorthodox take on Manila's underground life, particularly police brutality towards a hapless albeit damaged soul. Like a fuck-you-I-don't-care-what-you-think movie. Director Brillante Mendoza achieved to get the tone even overall.

There is no orchestra signaling it's the start of crescendo or high notes, except during the tensed scenes when Coco Martin gets into the middle of it all. Coco Martin and Maria Isabel Lopez's performances were fantastic throughout.

Majority of the film drags (to the point that I snoozed several times inside the theater)... seems to appear on purpose later to let you feel how it is to savor the pork's gray matter inside the marrow while seeing a cat in an ugly road kill.

And once the meal's done, you get up and pay for your order. Maybe memorable but just another meal. Life goes on.