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Cavite (2006)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:8

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: A gritty, low-budget thriller, Cavite takes us on a heart-pounding ride through the seedy Filipino underworld.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:May 26, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: In the town of Cavite, Philippines, people will do just about anything to survive. This is the harsh reality for many Filipinos living in a poverty stricken nation. Adam, an American citizen... In the town of Cavite, Philippines, people will do just about anything to survive. This is the harsh reality for many Filipinos living in a poverty stricken nation. Adam, an American citizen visiting his home country for his father's funeral, soon realizes this when he arrives at the Philippines Airport and receives a phone call from an anonymous caller letting him know that his mother and sister have been kidnapped and will be killed if he doesn't comply with his demands. Helpless and alone in a country he barely knows he must submit himself to the fanatic's every wish or face the consequences. Soon Adam realizes that the caller on the other end is with the country's most infamous bandits, the Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim terrorist group fighting the Philippine government for Muslims to own the southern part of the country. Known for their kidnap and ransom and beheading of their victims if demands aren't met, he is at the caller's mercy. But when he finds out the caller's real motivation Adam finds himself in a dilemma to sacrifice the ones he loves or commit a horrendous act that will cost the lives of many. [More]

Starring: Ian Gamazon, Dominique Gonzalez

Starring: Ian Gamazon, Dominique Gonzalez

Director: Ian Gamazon, Neill Dela Llana

Director: Ian Gamazon, Neill Dela Llana

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Its herky-jerky camcorder style, jump-cut editing and sustained takes soon wear out their welcome.

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07/27/06
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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This is by no means a polished film. But it has an energy lacking in thrillers that cost hundreds times more to make.

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06/16/06
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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Though the film seldom deviates from its thriller format, Gamazon and Dela Llana astutely weave in matters of political, cultural and religious importance, elevating Cavite well above mere genre.

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06/03/06
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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One of those blistering no-budget thrillers, like Open Water or Detour, in which the film's economy of means is the trigger for its ingenuity.

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05/31/06
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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A microbudget exercise in sensory overload that leaves you sick on all sorts of levels.

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05/30/06
David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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Enhanced by the you-are-there immediacy of a hand-held digital camera, Cavite works up a visceral potency that overleaps the credibility gaps in the omniscient-terrorist device.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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A last act full of reversals would have filled in the holes in Cavite.

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05/26/06
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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The hand-held camera work gives the film an effective documentary pulse, but it adds up to only half a movie.

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05/26/06
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Terrorism and cultural identity are only two of the themes wound into a tight knot of fear and bewilderment in Cavite, a gripping no-budget political thriller.

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05/25/06
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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A paragon of guerrilla resourcefulness and a model citizen of the global village, Cavite is a more anxious and vivid experience than most movies with budgets literally a thousand times bigger.

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05/24/06
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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For a guerrilla-style, no-budget Yank indie to even tackle issues of jihad terror and naive Western thinking is noteworthy in itself, but Gamazon and Dela Llana inflame the issues with a gutsy, athletic filmmaking package.

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05/10/06
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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Guerilla filmmaking at its finest.

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07/07/05
Kirk Honeycutt
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