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Bukas, Babaha ng Dugo

Bukas Babaha ng Dugo
Directed byBaldo Marro
Written byBaldo Marro
Produced byLily Y. Monteverde
Starring
CinematographyRey de Leon
Edited byJoe Solo
Music byNonong Buencamino
Production
company
Distributed byRegal Entertainment
Release date
  • September 19, 2001 (2001-09-19)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino

Bukas, Babaha ng Dugo (lit. 'Tomorrow, Blood Will Flow') is a 2001 Philippine action film written and directed by Baldo Marro. The film stars Lito Lapid, Via Veloso and Emilio Garcia.[1][2][3][4]

The film is streaming online on YouTube.

Plot

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Felix Mercado (Lito Lapid) is an honest soldier who contemplates retiring from military service. He is approached in his farm by members of his squad, who have planned a heist without his knowledge and disguised it as a legitimate mission from their commanding officer. Felix reluctantly joins his team; they ambush a gang of bank robbers, then kill the pursuing police officers. As the group escape at sea using scuba tanks, they sabotage Felix's tank so he would be forced to surface. Mercado is caught and consequently convicted for the murders.

Meanwhile, Paulo (Emilio Garcia), a syndicate leader who had been lusting over Felix's wife Norma (Via Veloso), leads a raid on the Mercados' house, raping and killing not only the wife but also the soldier's younger sister Ineng. Felix's daughter Jenny escapes the chaos and is hidden by her grandfather.

Felix receives word about the carnage back home and escapes from prison. He returns on the night his father is killed by Paulo's group, but is wounded while saving Jenny. The Mercados seek shelter in Adela's (Sharla Tolentino) hut, where Felix plans his revenge while recovering.

Having known that the mission order was fake, Felix eliminates his former groupmates one by one, avenging the treachery done to him. Meanwhile, while at the market with Adela, Jenny recognizes the tattoo on the hand of one of Paulo's henchmen and reports it to her father, who then shows up at the scene and kills the goons. Paulo's men follow Felix to Adela's home and plot an assault wherein Adela's mother gets killed. Mercado fights back and runs to the river with Paulo's gang giving chase. The gun battle ends with Felix blowing up Paulo with a grenade launcher.

Cast

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  • Lito Lapid as Felix Mercado
  • Via Veloso as Norma Mercado
  • Emilio Garcia as Paulo
  • Kristine Mangle as Ineng Mercado
  • Sharla Tolentino as Adela
  • Ernie Forte as Tata Gunding
  • Joanna Gonzales as Jenny
  • Dindo Arroyo as King
  • Alex David as Robert
  • Leo Gamboa as Ben
  • Banjo Romero as Rey
  • Alex Bolado as Tony
  • Ramon Baldomarro as Eddie
  • Alex De Guzman as Poklat
  • Froilan Sales as Kardo
  • Vicdel Rodrigo as Private Army
  • Richard Duran as Mando
  • Baldo Marro as Boy Bisoy
  • Diding Andres as Aling Chabeng
  • Boy Pineda as Usisero
  • Abner Afuang as Nympha
  • Ken Davitian as Raul

Reception

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References

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  1. ^ Yeatter, Bryan (2007). Cinema of the Philippines: 1897-2005. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786430475. Retrieved October 22, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Asis, Salve (September 4, 2001). "Piolo, simple guy sa likod ng kamera". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Ra-Bismark, Maridol (September 17, 2001). "Lito a hero to his own kind". Philippine Star. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  4. ^ Tony Beltran, Tony (February 26, 2003). "Wanted: Bayani ng Bayan" (in Filipino). Philippine Star. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
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