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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m

Summary After surviving the slaughter of her entire squad in a drug raid compromised by dirty cops, anti-narcotics special operative Nina Manigan (Anne Curtis), is eager to go head-to-head with the drug cartels that hold a bloody grip on Manila. But when her new mission in the city’s most dangerous slum goes south, the angry civilians turn on he...

Directed By: Erik Matti

Written By: Anton Santamaria, Erik Matti

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 2 h 7 m

BuyBust

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary After surviving the slaughter of her entire squad in a drug raid compromised by dirty cops, anti-narcotics special operative Nina Manigan (Anne Curtis), is eager to go head-to-head with the drug cartels that hold a bloody grip on Manila. But when her new mission in the city’s most dangerous slum goes south, the angry civilians turn on he...

Directed By: Erik Matti

Written By: Anton Santamaria, Erik Matti

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
68
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
68
70% Positive
7 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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91
Aug 8, 2018
The world of the film is bracingly immediate and constantly overflowing—dubious sound design or a shift in image quality, while glaring, can’t puncture the holistic nightmare of Matti’s vision.
By Bradley Warren FULL REVIEW
90
Jul 16, 2018
BuyBust is a superbly executed action film about drug squad members fighting for their lives in a maze-like Manila slum that resembles nothing less than hell on earth.
By Richard Kuipers FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 9, 2018
The veteran Philippine genre-meister's ultraviolent action blockbuster goes beyond easy moral binaries to highlight how Duterte's warped worldview has made monsters out of everyone from the police to the peddlers to the ordinary people in between, all of them doing the bloody bidding of a corrupt political class.
By Clarence Tsui FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 9, 2018
In the cynical worldview of BuyBust, there’s no escaping this crushing cycle of killing and corruption. That real-life message makes this wild action film more powerful, but the violence is a hard pill to swallow.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 31, 2018
BuyBust is brimming with life, furiously protected and furiously taken, a bracing introduction of Matti and Filipino cinema to the world.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 23, 2018
Add a surprisingly talkie ending that tries to walk back the no-holds-barred bloodshed for the revelation of a secret I honestly didn’t care about anymore and I found myself fatigued rather than excited.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
38
Aug 10, 2018
So often bogged down by pseudo-naturalistic long takes and generic cop/robber power dynamics that it makes one wonder what the point of watching such a film is.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Reality Entertainment, Viva Films
Release Date Aug 10, 2018
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Gawad Urian Awards
• 5 Wins & 12 Nominations
Star Awards for Movies
• 3 Wins & 11 Nominations
FAP Awards, Philippines
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations

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