Alpha: The Right to Kill

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Alpha: The Right to Kill

2018

1h 34m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

Action

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67%

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6 Reviews

33%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

As the Manila police force storm the slums to arrest a drug lord, a corrupt cop and an informant flee with a backpack full of cash and methamphetamine, sparking off a dangerous series of events.

Guy Lodge

Variety

There's a bone-weary resignation to its worldview that underlines its simple moral point all the more effectively.

Sep 26, 2018

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Jonathan Holland

The Hollywood Reporter

High-impact but shallow.

Sep 25, 2018

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

Punchy docudrama-style execution and an involving narrative that bowls along like, well, gangbusters, give Alpha an immediacy that's often been missing from Mendoza's realist studies of Filipino street life.

Sep 24, 2018

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Oggs Cruz

Rappler

Sadly, Alpha, despite all the advances in Mendoza's craft, feels old.

Jul 17, 2019

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

Although strong in its documentary feel and scathing in its message, it otherwise runs through the Alpha to Omega of predictable thriller elements.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 4, 2018

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Cristina Aparicio

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

The causes that make a society as vulnerable as it is naive are exposed, a social portrait in which spaces to safeguard childhoods no longer exist. [Full review in Spanish]

Sep 24, 2018

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Synopsis

As the Manila police force storm the slums to arrest a drug lord, a corrupt cop and an informant flee with a backpack full of cash and methamphetamine, sparking off a dangerous series of events.

Director: Brillante Mendoza
Producer: Carlo Valenzona
Screenwriter: Troy Espiritu
Production Co: Centerstage Productions
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: Filipino
Runtime: 1h 34m