March 23, 2024
Former bar girl Rita (Christine Bermas) just married Ariel (Victor Relosa), but he immediately had to fly to work abroad in Saudi Arabia. Ariel worked as a driver for a rich Arab man (Sahil Khan), who began to make a move on him. Rita began to entertain Ariel's best friend Royce (Josh Ivan Morales) when he made his move on her. Rita's gay younger brother Marlon (Gold Aceron) was angry because she was cheating on Ariel, on whom he had a crush.
Things became difficult when Ariel came home prematurely. Rita knew that she had to end her affair with Royce, but she could not. Ariel had to come to terms with a newly-discovered sexual preference, but she could not. Marlon had to decide whether he should reveal to Ariel what he knew was brewing between the two people he loved, but he could not. Royce found a way to earn the money he needed to settle his gambling debts, so he went for it.
No less than National Artist Ricky Lee wrote this screenplay, so it was not surprising that there were so many complexities in this film's plot, certainly more than the typical Vivamax film. However, Mac Alejandre, who directed Lee's previous Vivamax projects, was only creative producer in this new one. The director was veteran teen film and TV drama series director Jerry Lopez Sineneng taking on his very first Vivamax feature film.
There were still a good number of typical Vivamax heterosexual coupling scenes -- Rita and Ariel, Royce and girlfriend Shirley (Amabella de Leon), Rita and Royce. This must be the first Vivamax film with frankly homosexual sex scenes between two men -- Ariel and Arab boss, Ariel and callboy (Mhack Morales), Ariel and Royce. The film's climax was a nude menage-a-trois which would, predictably, take a turn to violence, in true Vivamax formula.
In the title role, Christine Bermas gave it her all, especially in those crazy, never-before-seen bedroom acrobatics. Tougher acting challenges went to Victor Relosa (with all the gay scenes he had to do for the first time) and Gold Aceron (who had to portray a teenage closeted gay with subtlety). This was also the first Vivamax appearance of Josh Ivan Morales, best known as the predatory uncle in "Ang Lihim ni Antonio" (2008), still as depraved and beastly as ever. 5/10.
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