February 18, 2022
Felix (Wilbert Ross) was an engineering student who was always pre-occupied with sexual thoughts and enjoyed drawing "hentai" or Japanese pornographic cartoons, which earned him the notorious nickname of "Boy Bastos" (or Boy Sleazy). However, in reality, he was still very much a virgin in the literal sense, along with his two crazy close friends Garfield (Andrew Muhlach) and Layno (Bob Jbeili).
Felix had a Bible-quoting girlfriend Cathy (Jela Cuenca) who surprised him by inviting him to have sex on her coming birthday, which was causing him a lot of stress. In addition, Felix was also preoccupied with his new pretty substitute Biology teacher Ms. Katey Quinto (Rose Van Ginkel), who turned out to be the visitor who would be temporarily staying at his house because their mothers were good friends.
I learned that this "Boy Bastos" was actually referred to a supposed "trending Internet sensation in the early 2000s," something which I had completely no idea about. Anyhow the references to various pop culture items during that time were quite memorable, like the very slow speed of the internet connected by phone modems, "scandal" videos for download at computer shops, or using fresh lumpia instead of the apple pie of "American Pie" (1999).
After roles in other Vivamax sex comedies last year like "Shoot Shoot" and "Crush Kong Curly," Hashtag Wilbert Ross finally gets his own title role as Boy Bastos. He was probably giving this role his all to prove his worth as a comedian, but his range was still quite limited, even if the character was admittedly a shallow and foolish one. The green jokes of his co-actors Muhlach and Jbeili were landing more than those of Ross's were.
Rose Van Ginkel had to fight through unflattering makeup, while Jela Cuenca felt exploited in a thankless role. Director Victor Villanueva, whose breakthrough was the multi-awarded black comedy "Patay na si Jesus" (2017), executed a screenplay by Joma Labayen and Jose Marquez Basa chock-full of dirty jokes and sleazy situations, and tried to end it on a positive philosophical note, but with lame, unconvincing results. 2/10.
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