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Honor Thy Father

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Edgar and Kaye lose their entire fortune, along with those of their friends, in a huge Ponzi scheme. As a result, they deal with harsh criticism and dangerous threats from everyone around them.

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Andrew Heskins easternKicks.com 09/23/2020
5/5
Matti's crime drama starring John Lloyd Cruz is much more than a successor to On The Job... Go to Full Review
Oggs Cruz Rappler 07/17/2019
As it is, it is a marvelously engineered film, one that is carefully paced to give way to an ending that is as emotionally wrenching as it is oddly elegant. Go to Full Review
Michael Sicinski Cinema Scope 11/20/2017
Honor Thy Father, Matti's latest, is as accomplished as its predecessor, and shares much more of a formal kinship with popular Korean cinema than with most recent Filipino exports. Go to Full Review
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Jason C Mar 11 This is a brilliant Filipino indie film. Without revealing too much, the slow burn is worth the climactic ending! See more Roden R 05/31/2024 Good exploration of themes about questioning morality and faith. John Lloyd Cruz in his best film of his career. We are born in a conservative country that faith is more important than our life itself. We are blinded followers that we forget we have life we need to live and fulfills our physical body. Each actor and actresses deliver a powerful act that make their acts a reflection of our reality today. See more 10/09/2016 Was expecting something similar to OTJ, but it's a totally different story. Started slow yet interesting. Then it turned into a heist thriller. Finally Erik Matti has done justice for PH cinema in creating our very own heist film, one of the few genres PH films is lacking. Love the ending and how it relates to the hypocracy of some churches and scams in PH society. JLC stepped his game and delivered a good performance out of his comfort zone. See more 07/18/2016 Great film by Erik Matti See more 01/04/2016 Honor Thy Father [Matti, 2015] Erik Matti made a competently crafted character in Edgar to complete a competently crafted masterpiece. 10/10 See more 01/04/2016 Have you seen HONOR THY FATHER? If not, drop everything you're doing and go to your nearest cinema. It's fucking worth it. The writing, direction, cinematography and score of this movie was amazing. And John Lloyd, oh John Lloyd god bless you. His acting was breath-taking. There is so much to love in this movie. It is not a perfect movie. It had its faults. For example It kind of dragged down in its second act. But fortunately, it picked up and ended with a bang. This movie is what the Philippine movie industry need. It might have a strong "indie vibe", it is still very accessible to mainstream audience. Fucking awesome. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Edgar and Kaye lose their entire fortune, along with those of their friends, in a huge Ponzi scheme. As a result, they deal with harsh criticism and dangerous threats from everyone around them.
Director
Erik Matti
Producer
Erik Matti
Screenwriter
Erik Matti, Michiko Yamamoto
Production Co
Reality Entertainment
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Filipino
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 15, 2021
Runtime
1h 55m