Sundo
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Film: Sundo
Genres: Suspense | Thriller
Sundo is a 2009 Filipino suspense-thriller film from director Topel Lee, with screenplay written by his Ouija screenwriter Aloy Adlawan. The film stars Robin Padilla, Katrina Halili, Rhian Ramos, Hero Angeles, Mark Bautista and Sunshine Dizon. The film was released on March 18, 2009.
Plot
The film opens with Vanessa (Iza Calzado) who was killed when she was visited by her long dead husband as her companion. The film then cuts to Romano (Robin Padilla), a retired military operative who goes into seclusion after being seriously wounded in battle and almost died, discovers that he has the uncanny ability of seeing ghosts around people who will soon encounter sudden, disastrous deaths. Worried of his brother, Romano’s blind sister Isabel (Rhian Ramos) persuades him to return to Manila with the help of Louella (Sunshine Dizon), Romano’s childhood friend who harbors affection for him.
An aspiring actress, Kristina (Katrina Halili), a widow, Lumen (Glydel Mercado), and her nephew, Eric (Hero Angeles) hitch a ride with Romano, Isabel and Louella along with Louella’s driver, Baste (Mark Bautista). On their way back to the city, the group manages to avoid a fatal accident on the road and their respective “sundo” or ghost companion by a twist of fate. After surviving, the group took their supper in a local eater somewhere in Baguio. Lumen, who was eager to pee, went into the bathroom where she died as a rail spike pins her head. Soon, Eric died in a series of odd reaction similar to Final Destination happened as he was electricuted.
The group realized that there is a way to cheat death as Baste and Romano nearly survives a large explosion in a public market killing a large populace. Then the group starts to die in gruesome ways and Kristina, Baste and Isabel died in mysterious ways. Romano was confronted by death for the last time in the rooftop and he fell in the tower towards the pool. He rose up the pool and saw Louella grieving not because of Romano but how she want to avenge her father's death (in the film was a family matters). Romano turns around and saw his dead body lying on the pool and he was the ghost companion of Louella, the last one to die.
Directed by Topel Lee
Produced by Jose Mari Abacan
Topel Lee
Written by Aloy Adlawan
Starring Robin Padilla
Katrina Halili
Rhian Ramos
Hero Angeles
Mark Bautista
and Sunshine Dizon
Music by Carmina Robles Cuya
Cinematography J.A. Tadena
Editing by Marya Ignacio
Distributed by GMA Films
Release date(s) March 18, 2009
Running time 161 min.
Country Philippines
Language Filipino
Tagalog
English
Budget Php34,500,000
Gross revenue Php100,079,566
source: wikipedia
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Film: Sundo
Genres: Suspense | Thriller
Sundo is a 2009 Filipino suspense-thriller film from director Topel Lee, with screenplay written by his Ouija screenwriter Aloy Adlawan. The film stars Robin Padilla, Katrina Halili, Rhian Ramos, Hero Angeles, Mark Bautista and Sunshine Dizon. The film was released on March 18, 2009.
Plot
The film opens with Vanessa (Iza Calzado) who was killed when she was visited by her long dead husband as her companion. The film then cuts to Romano (Robin Padilla), a retired military operative who goes into seclusion after being seriously wounded in battle and almost died, discovers that he has the uncanny ability of seeing ghosts around people who will soon encounter sudden, disastrous deaths. Worried of his brother, Romano’s blind sister Isabel (Rhian Ramos) persuades him to return to Manila with the help of Louella (Sunshine Dizon), Romano’s childhood friend who harbors affection for him.
An aspiring actress, Kristina (Katrina Halili), a widow, Lumen (Glydel Mercado), and her nephew, Eric (Hero Angeles) hitch a ride with Romano, Isabel and Louella along with Louella’s driver, Baste (Mark Bautista). On their way back to the city, the group manages to avoid a fatal accident on the road and their respective “sundo” or ghost companion by a twist of fate. After surviving, the group took their supper in a local eater somewhere in Baguio. Lumen, who was eager to pee, went into the bathroom where she died as a rail spike pins her head. Soon, Eric died in a series of odd reaction similar to Final Destination happened as he was electricuted.
The group realized that there is a way to cheat death as Baste and Romano nearly survives a large explosion in a public market killing a large populace. Then the group starts to die in gruesome ways and Kristina, Baste and Isabel died in mysterious ways. Romano was confronted by death for the last time in the rooftop and he fell in the tower towards the pool. He rose up the pool and saw Louella grieving not because of Romano but how she want to avenge her father's death (in the film was a family matters). Romano turns around and saw his dead body lying on the pool and he was the ghost companion of Louella, the last one to die.
Directed by Topel Lee
Produced by Jose Mari Abacan
Topel Lee
Written by Aloy Adlawan
Starring Robin Padilla
Katrina Halili
Rhian Ramos
Hero Angeles
Mark Bautista
and Sunshine Dizon
Music by Carmina Robles Cuya
Cinematography J.A. Tadena
Editing by Marya Ignacio
Distributed by GMA Films
Release date(s) March 18, 2009
Running time 161 min.
Country Philippines
Language Filipino
Tagalog
English
Budget Php34,500,000
Gross revenue Php100,079,566
source: wikipedia
For more info. please click the weblink below. thanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundo
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