December 3, 2024
Director: Christopher Novabos
Head Writer: Maya Diaz
Writer: Mark Norman Boquerin
Company secretary Jennilyn (Allison Smith) turned heads of all the men around when she passes by. Using her feminine wiles, she always got her way with the security guard Malana (Ace Toledo), the new construction worker Randy (Mon Mendoza), or even the boss's brother Sir Richard (Seon Woo Kim). Soon, she also targeted their main boss Engineer Christian (Rash Flores), who was getting frustrated with his wife Amanda (Arah Alonzo).
This could have been a star vehicle for a more competent lead actress. However the opportunity was wasted on newcomer Allison Smith, who doesn't exude a femme fatale aura. Anyhow, the level of acting of everyone else in the cast was so dismal all around, she fit right in. Rash Flores was the veteran in this cast, but he had not yet improved as actor at all -- with his awkward attempts of drama turning out unintentionally comedic. 3/10
Director: Iar Arondaing
Writer: Zane Mendoza
Junior sales associate Charm (Vern Kaye) is a patient assistant of Ms. Vern Andrea Dixon (Jenn Rosa), a judgmental slave-driver senior sales manager of Spice City Holding Company. One night, Charm got fed up with Vern's insults and boldly answered back, resulting in her firing. Meanwhile, Vern would have secret meetings with new maintenance guy Jojo (Aerol Carmelo), when Vern let him boss him around during their dalliances.
This was actually quite an entertaining romp of corporate intrigue between two female bosses of a company. Jenn Rosa did her best to approximate the late Cherie Gil in her portrayal of the sarcastic Vern. Vern Kaye matched this with a transformation of Charm from a mousy subordinate to a power-tripping boss. More seasoned actresses could have given more nuanced performances, but theirs were quite adequate for VMX standards. 5/10.
Director: Bobby Bonifacio
Writer: Quinn Carrillo
Rose (Rica Gonzales) was a prostitute who lived and worked at room 302 of Ligaya Apartments. Joel (Karl Aquino) worked at the store selling "pares" (braised beef stew with garlic fried rice) across the street. His co-worker Candy (Lea Bernabe) had a crush on Joel, but he only had eyes for Rose. One day, one of Rose's customers, Edrick (AJ Oteyza), dropped by Joel's store to buy food, and accidentally left his clutch bag behind.
This was run-of-the-mill story about yet another prostitute and the toxic life she led, a theme VMX had peddled in its films several times already. This is already Rica Gonzales's 8th film this 2024, but she has not really progressed too much as an actress. Karl Aquino gave Joel that love-struck innocence vibe, which turned out to be idiocy with all the stupid decisions he made (the rotten food, really?). At least, Joel and Candy's final scene was a good ending. 2/10.
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