Buy Bust (film)

The current administration's brutal war on illegal drugs wiped out almost ten thousands of people, including drug suspects and children, when it began two years ago, and this inhumane campaign drawn a lot of attention not just the Philippines but across the globe thanks to this modern dictatorship the Philippines is facing right now. This brutal war on drugs gave the renowned director Erik Matti the inspiration to create an action thriller based on that matter.

Buy Bust

The film is titled BUY BUST and it stars IT'S SHOWTIME presenter Anne Curtis and mixed martial arts fighter Brandon Vera as agents from a drug enforcement agency who are later trapped in a deadly battle royale when their buy-bust operation went wrong and the only way out is to survive in this deadly battle royale.

This film became the opening salvo for this year's CineMalaya and when witnessed by international critics before it hits cinemas, they praised the film and calling it one of the best action films since, you guessed it, Mad Max Fury Road. This powerful, yet terrifying, action thriller really shook Anne Curtis' image off to becoming a hardened celebrity you look into know, although she's not a stranger to international films, but still, you get the idea that she can really fit in a man's world full of action and danger.

It's a shocking depiction of the reality the Philippines is facing now thanks to this dictatorship they set foot and BUY BUST really paints the dystopic storyline with lots and lots of blood. It really is relentless and chilling, like what today's dictator said, and when you compare this action flick to Battle Royale and Mad Max, there's no denying that this is hands down the most insane flick ever to pop up on Philippine cinemas and it's about as brutal as a Quentin Tarantino movie.

If you're brave enough to dystopic action thrillers, consider BUY BUST your best pick.

My rating: 4.3 out of 5.