September 30, 2022
Congressman Freddie Ibasco (Jay Manalo) was running for Governor of the province of Ilaya. Freddie is a serial womanizer, and so when his second wife Amor (Angeli Khang) threatened to leave him for his philandering, he was more than willing to file for annulment, like he did with his first wife Minerva (Christine Escalante).
Jojo Raymundo (Massimo Scofield), a ranch hand of Rancho Ibasco, was arrested for stealing cattle. His abused wife Carmela (Jela Cuenca) requested Freddie's second wife Amor for help to get her husband out of jail. However, Amor had the idea that Carmela should first get Freddie's trust by satisfying his addiction to carnal pleasures.
The sequence of scenes was an editing mess. At the start, there were already posters and parades of Freddie running for governor, when it turned out later that he had not even filed his candidacy yet. Amor was fuming mad when Freddie had her served annulment papers in one scene, then she engaged Freddie a threesome romp in the next.
The acting was campy all around, reflective of the subpar writing. Angeli Khang looked taller and classier than all her past films, but her acting choices were inconsistent. Jela Cuenca looked uncomfortable with the awkward things Carmela was made to do. Stephanie Raz was terribly amateurish with her line delivery in the role of Freddie's secretary Karen.
Jay Manalo can really emanate perverted dirty-old-man vibes effortlessly, and he can wing even the most tacky scenes. After being just an anonymous stud in his previous Vivamax outings, Massimo Scofield finally gets his shot at a bigger role, yet he elected to play it in such a comic childish way, inconsistent with the wife-beating brute that his character was.
Director Joel Lamangan's best visual metaphor in this capital B-rate movie were camera angles to remind us that Amor was a level higher than Carmela. There was no attempt to make the sex scenes artistic, all dry and mechanical. It may be disappointing for her fans, but I take it a sign of progress for Khang that she only had to do one nude sex scene here. 1/10.
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