August 5, 2023
Desire (Christine Bermas) and her latest boyfriend Adam (Nico Locco) were getting along very well and were planning a trip together. However, her elder sister Myla (Sheree Bautista), with whom she had a problematic relationship, suddenly called to request her to come and watch over their house in Tanay. Myla was going on a five-day vacation to Tagaytay with her wealthy contractor husband Ken (Joko Diaz) and bratty son Leo (Yuna Theodore).
Desire and Adam got to the house late, so Myla and her family had already gone ahead. The couple wasted no time to make themselves feel at home. That afternoon, Adam received a call from his manager that he had a major advertising photoshoot for a smart watch that very night. When Adam left, Desire was left all alone in the house. In the middle of the night, a dark shadowy figure attacked Desire and she was made unconscious.
Right after the final scene, we see that this film was "written, lit, shot, cut and directed" by Carlo Alvarez. The story about secret perversions could have been interesting. However, the whole scenario was made so contrived and suspicious by all the last minute things which were going on - sudden trip to Tagaytay, sudden trip to Cebu, sudden return trip, sudden photo shoot, etc. Then Alvarez turned back the clock to explain what had happened in between.
There were so many red flags along the way, you'd wonder why the people around this person were just so dense and never picked up on them. How could a businessman have a pre-planned trip by plane to a province since month ago supposedly to close a big deal with a client, yet still needed to buy the ticket at the airport in the morning? How could someone rushing to the airport because it was late can still ask to be dropped off midway?
Christine Bermas is consistently doing well in Desire's dramatic moments. However, Desire's supposed third eye was such a major red herring, and that over-the-top confrontation between Desire and Myra at the dinner table can be unintentionally funny. Nico Locco is now able to speak more Filipino lines, and has improved in his acting skills. Joko Diaz played a very challenging role for him in this one, but he should really try to improve his fitness. 4/10.
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