It is really fun to experience a night of people laughing, screaming, clapping their hands and drowning out the audio while watching Jade Castro’s Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington’s screening at UP Film Center (Cine Adarna).
Remington is a homophobic guy who makes fun of gays. And based from an experiment, a tool was devised with an epidemic content which is used to kill the gays in the town turning them out to become zombies. The zombies customarily, turning every person they victimized into gays including the manly, “crush ng bayan” Remington who could not accept his new destiny as he ultimately realizes that he now turned gay.
The film Zombadings is yet humorous. It does not fail its comicality by presenting humor for most of us who has never seen it before in any other local films. The typical gay lingoes make sense in order to catch the attention of the viewers. Rather, it may become much more effective if they make use of other terms not just with repetitions.
Exceptional casting and the character portrayals are really tremendous. Eugene Domingo’s short yet remarkable scenes are an absurd director’s execution of humorous content that never seems to falter consistently from the start until the end the film.
Mart Escudero’s representation without uncertainty is a spectacular revelation. Accepting the challenge for this role proves his worth as an actor by portraying Remington without any signs of personal inhibition which is predominant now among other young mainstream actors. Also, the secondary actors deliver additional hilarity for the film. Janice de Belen, John Regala, Lauren Young and Kerbie Zamora played their parts astoundingly as well. And, the short appearance of Roderick Paulate will never destabilize his brilliance for being a great actor.
Amidst all the wit, factions and gags, the rise of zombadings is an ironic thing even to Castro’s sleek direction. Many would discover the first act is just enough to sustain the entire movie and feels a little shame to include the zombies. Besides, the enactment from this point is a bit obstinate, showing characters being existent for the sake of being present while placing against the background including the taumbayan consequently for the Zombadings’ rise.
Overall the stroy tells about an anti-gay message by showing a character rejecting his fate as a homosexual and soon demonstrates self-awareness and the value of acceptance of such a likelihood by turning things completely into a realization. It is amazing how the screenplay writers Raymond Lee and Michiko Yamamoto managed to come up with such a premise that was very effective at the same time hilariously done. Musical scoring and animations also added flavor and entertainment value for the film.
Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington is one of those amusing films everyone should watch out for!
Zombadings 1: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington is one of those amusing films everyone should watch out for!
