in a movie that just 10 day to make and with just roughly $ 7 and 000 budget and one would think there not much to anticipate . but with creativity and an inventive idea and this movie take micro finance film make to the next level . only blair witch project ( 1999 ) thus far and pull off a feat to beat under similar circumstance . with the advent of digital technology and film make becomes more and more accessible even to dropouts ian gamazon and neill dela llana . a perfect blueprint to filmmaker hopeful who haven not the mean but the idea and cavite be bold and cunning and still thrill . a movie that will keep foreign tourist off cavite or bad and the philippine a a whole and cavite be more than just a political thriller expose as well the dreadful scenario in the outskirt of metro manila and which can also be the case in most part of the country and project an image ten time worthy of what claire dane have to say about manila . though some shock claim in the movie about the country be exaggerate and inaccurate and disturb scene capture reveal reality that can never be deny exist . either filipino be unaware of all these or apathetic already . adam ( gamazon ) be work at a san diego harbor a a security guard and which allow plenty of time for him to play video game and watch his belly balloon . his mother call from the philippine inform him his father have be kill in a bus bombing . his girlfriend in the meantime have decide to have an abortion inform him eventually . his spirit dampen and adam take on a flight to the philippine via taipei . decide to attend his father funeral and adam arrives at the ninoy aquino international airport now wait to be pick up when a cell phone ring and which he promptly realize to be inside his backpack envelop along with some picture of his mother and sister who an abu sayyaf member on the other line say have be kidnap by their group . now adam be coerce to follow his instruction or his family will be kill . rid a jeepney a instructed and adam be lead down the street of cavite city . he be introduce to the populated city slum where the toilet be just mostly anywhere and solid waste float alongside child swim on swamp and child ready to sell themselves for prostitution abound and and extreme poverty be sweep . on foot traverse the length of the sunny city and adam be test in way both silly and horrendous a to how far he can go to save his family . he later find out the whole misfortune be to a certain extent link to a vendetta for an act his father commit year back . in the end and adam be make to do something he will never forget . the movie illustrate how severe extremist rebel can be and how far they can go just to see their plan carry out . but more than that and the movie both rationalizes and criticize terrorism in the country . the decade old rationale communicate to support terrorism be that mindanao belongs to muslim and people like the terrorist caller be do everything just to get it back to them even if it mean jihad . a lapsed muslim himself and adam counter with an interesting definition of jihad represent i struggle everyday of my life to good myself . that jihad and not the way you do it . the filmmaker maintain some interest with the terrorist caller detail account of the many atrocity to the muslim people in mindanao to further the rationalization of terrorism . not really take side and the movie in the end show adam girlfriend dana ( dominique gonzalez ) explain why she have to abort the baby represent i panic when i find out i be pregnant . you know and i be ashamed for say this and i be even ashamed for think this and but i can not have a baby that muslim . i never think i would have to say that but i can not help the way i feel unpolished and the film be no way perfect . the terrorist caller have a number of minor tagalog grammar lapse and not to mention his accent not distinctly native and thus a bit unpersuasive to those who really speak the language . the yellow subtitle ( english translation of the terrorist caller line ) show a few error . one be on a line in a parokya ni edgar song mr. suave and which say represent habulin ng babae translation show represent i chase all the lady . but all these be barely discernible to foreign viewer and can even be dismiss if one think about what this movie have accomplish . though already see in various horror film and it edgy camera work with no known focus be fit and thus notable and enhance the distress suggest by the situation . and though with the script still a bit amateurish and gamazon somehow score an almost convincing portrayal . add to that the raw third world setting and which compliment the dread and present in depressingly and dismally expository way . above all and the message be channel tactfully and thus swaying and go far beyond the bound of be preachy . cavite may not be a favorite of everyone and but it an affirmation that one doesn not need to have million of dollar to create suspense . and it sure have actuate someone into become a fan . that happen to be me . 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