Amigo

2010
R
2h 4min

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6.3/10

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A fictional account of events during the Philippine-American War, where
mayor Rafael Dacanay gets caught up in murderous cross-fire as U.S. troops garrison his village and want him to collaborate with Colonel Hardacre (Chris Cooper).

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CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb

6.3/10

685

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Premios
- 1 premio ganado y 9 nominaciones en total

Chop-Chop
(as Sai Ho Cheng)

Reymart Colestines

Malpulgas
(as Raymart Colestines)

Ermie Concepcion

Dolores

Dane DeHaan

Miguel Faustmann

Captan Narvaez
(as Miguel Faustman)

Brian Lee Franklin

Lynch

Joe Gruta

Hilario

J.P. Jagunos

Eloy

Ronnie Lazaro

Simon

Rio Locsin

Corazon

Diana Malahay

Trinidad

Argumento

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Trivia
Before Amigo, the last movie about American forces in the Philippines was John Dahl-directed El gran escape (2005) which tackled World War II in the Philippines. Also in that movie was Bembol Roco who also appears in Amigo. Also in El gran escape (2005) was Cesar Montano who, just like Joel Torre, also plays Jose Rizal in José Rizal (1998).

Citas
Gil: [to village girl] You're awful pretty for... well, ya know, for one of you.

Conexiones
Featured in Bottomline: John Sayles (2011)

Bandas sonoras
Kundiman of 1896 (Jocelynang Baliwag)
Traditional
Arranged and performed by Raul Manikan
Daring Music/Administered by Universal Music Corp./ASCAP

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7/10

Thought it was just okay

Without a doubt, a movie about this subject needed to be made. The parallels with America's wars with Vietnam and Iraq are endless, and the Philippines' history as the strategic spoils for foreign occupiers needs to be told. This movie did an okay job of depicting the arrogance of imperialism as well as the misery of those who want peace. However, I think the time limitation of a feature length movie hampers any real character development. The Americans' are haughty and racist caricatures, and the conflicts within the Filipino families are not as palpable as they should be. Also, important strategic events of the war are merely alluded to off-screen.

Throughout the whole movie, I couldn't help but feel the story would have been more suited to a TV-miniseries format. Such a format would have allowed ample time for character development and action scenes.