July 22, 2023
While campaigning for his reelection, Vice Mayor Rodrigo "ViceRod" Garcia (Mark Anthony Fernandez) says he only has two vices -- his constituency and his shoes. He did not mention his fondness for threesomes with his girlfriends Orange (Jenn Rosa) and Maiko (Maiko Ortaliz). ViceRod was also a very corrupt politician who has his dirty fingers dipped into all sorts of illegal businesses -- guns, alcohol and drugs.
James (Gold Aceron) was a young man who worked in the shoe warehouse of ViceRod, but was also his drug courier on the side. However, James seriously wanted to quit his dangerous job in order to establish his own sneaker store called Legit. His girlfriend Lisa (Ataska), ViceRod's son Zach (Aerol Carmelo) and Zach's girlfriend and James's ex Tin (Angelica Hart) are all out in support of James' dream store.
I just recently learned about how exciting the community of sneakerheads is in this country, so the topic should have been a great idea. There was even a mystery character introduced from the very first scene -- a hooded guy who sold unique and expensive sneakers on his website calling himself OG Supremo. It would have been interesting if we knew more about his shoes, his sources and his rise to online popularity - but there was none of that.
However, since this was a Vivamax film, the main story had to give way to a very old-hat story of political corruption and sexual infidelity, practically the content of each and every feature film on this streaming app. Having a VICE mayor as the main antagonist was because the film was about vices (groan). The exploitative sex scenes here were too long, tiresome, and devoid of class, with the guys seemingly drugged out of their minds.
Gold Aceron should really be given a more substantial material than this one. His role as James could have been better developed, but pity that it was just rushed carelessly. Ataska is being built up to be the next Vivamax It-girl, and she was even given a chance to sing an original song here. Meanwhile, isn't Mark Anthony Fernandez getting tired playing a lecherous dirty old man in all his Vivamax films? Typecast but with fringe benefits, I guess. 1/10.
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