On The Job (2013)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 0
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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0
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Two prisoners, pulled from the population to carry out high-profile assassinations in exchange for reduced sentences. Two cops, baffled by the rising body count but hot on their trail. Four men, caught in a web of deceit and corruption, on a collision course with the government officials who will do anything to silence them - and no one is safe. (c) Well Go USA
Cast
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Piolo Pascual
Francis Coronel Jr. -
Gerald Anderson
Daniel Benitez -
Joel Torre
Mario 'Tatang' Magha... -
Angel Aquino
Lolet -
Joey Marquez
Sergeant Joaquin Aco... -
Michael DeMesa
Manrique -
William Martinez
Rex -
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All Critics (12) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (0)
"On the Job" is a sturdy and sophisticated crime drama from the Philippines that takes a pretty gruesome situation and enriches its presentation with lots of human detail.
Matti uses this setup to show the rot in Philippine society, and it's often compelling stuff - filmed mostly on dirty streets and in moldy, ramshackle buildings.
Even at its most incomprehensible, the propulsive thriller "On the Job" is never less than arresting.
Makes up in character development and action shots what it lacks in narrative innovation.
Top CriticDespite the relative flatness of [the] characters - their relationships to one another are more archetypal than particular - the film is as heartbreaking as it is heart-stopping.
Combining street-level crime with political corruption, On the Job owes as much to Scorsese as it does to Philippine current events.
A great premise, solid acting, and some really interesting shots from director Matti make this well worth watching.
The true story is inherently compelling, but director Matti can never seem to use the real-life case, or these cop tropes, to mine for any deeper truth. What's left is a particularly colorful procedural...
On The Job is a chance to see the original, messy thing.
Matti's primary order of business is regularly serving up tense, stylish action sequences, and he proves more adept choreographing those than sorting out the convolutions of his parallel plotlines.
The film manages to create some moments of genuine nervous tension, but is undercut by its split storytelling.
A nose-to-the-ground crime thriller that also doubles as a wide-ranging portrait of official corruption in the Philippines, On the Job has little trouble delivering the genre goods.
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