So, last night I was finally able to catch Tres at the Powerplant Mall in Rockwall. Honestly, I expected it to be your typical preachy anti-drug film because that's what advocacy films in this country usually do, remind you of their advocacy. Gladly, it was a wrong presumption.
Tres is an action triptych composed of 3 films where the 3 Revilla brothers are leads: Virgo (Bryan Revilla), Amats (Luigi Revilla), and 72 Hours (Jolo Revilla). The first one was directed by Richard Somes while the second and third were directed by Dondon Santos. The order in which I like the films is the reverse of each episode's place in the order. Anyway, now on to the lessons.
VIRGO
1. Diabetes is just plain nasty if left untreated but if the wounds fester on your leg instead of on your arm, you can totally work on creating sculptures with no problem at all. Ask the character of Joey Marquez, who's been sort of a father figure to Virgil/Virgo.
2. The question of who someone is is echoed so many times as Virgil's endgame is revealed to the audience. I think this is important especially when we were in a downtrodden position and we eventually rose up and were elevated to a favorable position wherein we can make the people who wronged us pay. Is making a decision that would turn our life upside down just to avenge our past woes indeed worth the price?
3. Carla Humphries is even more beautiful up close. Yes, she's even beautiful when she's crying, which is more than 50% of her screen time.
AMATS
1. A love quadrangle is always more complicated, toxic, and deadly than a love triangle. Try something where Sandino Martin is in love with Assunta de Rossi who is enamored with Luigi Revilla who is willing to forget all his vices for Myrtle Sarrosa. Get it?
2. It shows us that the best way to cloak millions of monthly income from pushing drugs is to live in a shoddy building. It is a must that you just have a studio unit and not a 2 or 3 bedroom unit so your neighbors don't suspect you literally throw cash over your heads, money that's earned by purely illegal means.
3. It shows us drugs are bad, not just because it can get you knifed in the gut or make you end up in a bloody rumble, but because it can make you have speech impediments, nasty fluttering eyelids, and total oiliness via sweating all the time.
72 HOURS
1. There is a problem when a smoldering PDEA agent wants to make a move on a beautiful but lonely PNP officer because guess what, they are from different worlds.
2. When two veteran actors like Philip Salvador and Tirso Cruz III are onscreen, what should've been a boring tete-a-tete is turned into an acting joust.
3. You can look twenty something and be a Congressman already. Is this a foreshadowing of Jolo running for Congress soon?
Overall, I learnt that Dondon Santos can make a film that echoes sincere relationships between its characters better than Richard Somes. I think the first and third film would work well as miniseries while the second one has the most interesting characters and can be developed as a standalone film.
I like the film because it is entertaining and by far the best local film about how drugs are bad in the last 3 years. Also, this film was brave enough to go head to head against Venom in the box office and it is still showing in a lot of cinema on its 4th day.
Definitely, this is a legit comeback of Imus Productions and I can't wait to watch all the other quality films they've got in store.
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