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Slingshot
Slingshot

Slingshot

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CrimeDrama

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A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Tagalog

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

02 July 2008

Country

Philippines

Cast

Jiro Manio

Jiro Manio

Odie

Coco Martin

Coco Martin

Caloy

Kristoffer King

Kristoffer King

Rex

Nathan Lopez

Nathan Lopez

Leo

Jaclyn Jose

Jaclyn Jose

Julio Díaz

Julio Díaz

Simon Ibarra

Simon Ibarra

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