Their abusive dad has another wife (Suzette Ranillo) with two kids and is always asking money from them and their Lola. When his dad steals their money in a coin bank, Al fights back and loses one leg in the process. Jun eventually gets to avenge Al in a graphic scene of domestic violence.
The film works mainly because we totally sympathize with the two boys and the miserable life they live. It’s truly an injustice for any child to be subjected to the kind of existence that they have. We just wish their story were given a better conclusion by writer Ralston Jover (who also did “Bakal Boys”) and director Roderick Cabrido. We just can’t understand how a small teenager like Buboy Villar can carry a big hefty man like Allen Dizon after killing him to throw away his body in a grassy area. They live in a very busy congested place. And you’ll have us believe that no one has seen him carrying the corpse?
But the acting is really good, especially by Buboy and Miggs who must have been actually hurt in the fight scenes. Gloria Sevilla also does well as the caring grandma and Allen Dizon succeeds in being totally revolting as the parasitic father who gets the comeuppance he truly deserves. Also in the movie is Nathan Lopez, the boy who played the title role in “Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” exactly ten years ago in the first ever Cinemalaya. He now plays the pimply coach of the boys as street fighters.
