Movie Review: WATCH LIST
Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alessandra de Rossi, Arthur Acuña, Jake Macapagal Writers: Rona Lean Sales & Ben Rekhi Director: Ben Rekhi Distributor: Dark Star Pictures Release Date: August 21, 2020 (theatrical); September 1, 2020 (VOD) WATCH LIST opens with real-world footage of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte making an anti-drug speech, and tacitly praising Hitler. This is not an endorsement by the filmmakers, but rather their way of stating up front what ordinary Filipino citizens are up against in the Duterte regime’s war on drugs. We meet Maria (Alessandra de Rossi), her husband Turo, and their three youngsters, aged thirteen, nine, […]Read On »