Wow! Such a good movie.

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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Best Filipino historical movie I'd ever seen. I didn't anticipate how great this movie is. So far so good. I cried during the scene when Luna and his fellow captains and soldiers were killed by their fellow Filipinos. This is the reason why Filipinos defeated during the Philippine-American war because of no unity with each other. This is the best Heneral Luna's quote: 'Our real enemy is ourselves, not the Foreigners.'

I've been waiting for years for a Filipino Film Director to create a world class hit. Worthy of the best top choices in the industry and this would be the firs time that I would praise someone within the contemporary list of local Pinoy Films. I mean, don't get me wrong. There are a lot of talented film makers in the country but, some of them would either shy away from the challenge, give up and fail at the end only to submit to the mainstream. This one however, made it to the best and has indeed conquered the challenge. The Film at some points may still not be historically accurate, in time will still have continues updates, however, this has proved to be one of the best researched, scenic based movie that you will ever find through recent years. Acting, Directing, Cinematography all way up to the top. Humor and Ambiance of the film were indeed almost close to perfection. I commend the scenes where they did not have to hide the brutality of how the mad general died, and the scenes where his men were blown to pieces for their ignorance in battle. A true Historical Film that was both TIMELY and well written. Kudos to this Film and I look forward to more projects to come.

Going into this movie, I knew nothing of General Antonio Luna, but what they did for this legendary figure in Philippine history was extraordinary.Luna was a man's man who was the ultimate patriot, willing to fight and die for his country. As he fought a revolution against those trying to colonize his country, he showed them he was not afraid, which made his enemies, even those more powerful than him, nervous. While his men followed him with pride, he made some enemies from within from those who did not share his same ideals of patriotism.It was a well acted portrayal of Luna right up there with war epics like Patton. An overall good war drama.

Words cannot describe my satisfaction with this film and the only way to review it is through personal experience. There are pacing problems and disappointments in terms of the props such as the weaponry used by both sides, but given the film's tight budget, it has managed to portray these battle scenes with epic proportions combined with the score being obviously inspired by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. The atmosphere of the entire film is portrayed beautifully, it shows the political machinations and political infighting when the battle scenes are not present, for the entire point of view is based upon Luna and his allies. Still, if you are either a history buff or just an average movie goer, this film is spectacular and it deserves to be one the best films of the year if there are any formal awards as such.