cavite be an example of ultimate independent film and with a very short budget and a very simple concept and an exotic locale and a minimal cast and and a hand hold camera . the story be simple represent adam ( ian gamazon ) be call home to the phillipines because of a family crisis . instead of his family pick him up and he find himself force to follow instruction of a man claim to have his family . there no clear reason for the abduction and or what make adam a target while all adam really know be that his every move be watch and and the kidnapper have no regard for their victim . a adam follow the obscure instruction and and the obstacle in his way and the audience can not help but be catch up in his plight . the hand hold camera and jumpy edit style enhance the sense of desperation and time . the scene of urban phillipines and particular the market and the squatter holding be a vivid cacophony . co director and co writer neill dela llana and ian gamazon have do an outstanding job of make the most out of limited mean . the economy of the film make it both intimate and discomfit and a adam be an everyman who only want his family safe and instead be completely at the whim of an omniscient tormentor . cavite be an absolute must for anyone who have an interest in film and a storytelling and in it structure and and a an art form .