- Summary: A Filipino crime thriller inspired by a real-life scandal in which convicts were temporarily released from prison to work as assassins on behalf of politicians and high ranking military officials.
- Director: Erik Matti
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 11
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80Even at its most incomprehensible, the propulsive thriller On the Job is never less than arresting.
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80The film is as heartbreaking as it is heart-stopping.
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75On the Job feels marinated in hardscrabble reality. Action scenes throughout are unnervingly frenetic, with the tension amplified by the sheer density of the crowds.
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70Matti sets a brisk pace, utilizing the squalor and desperation of Manila's slums and prisons as well as powerful, against-type performances by Torre and Pascual to give us a familiar yet engaging thriller (with more than a few surprises).
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70Matti’s primary order of business is regularly serving up tense, stylish action sequences, and he proves more adept choreographing those than sorting out the convolutions of his parallel plotlines.
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67The workmanlike precision of On the Job carries through to its action scenes, none of which are shot with any flash or style, but are edited with a propulsive pace and performed by a watchable cast enough to make them engaging.
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63A nose-to-the-ground crime thriller that also doubles as a wide-ranging portrait of official corruption in the Philippines, On the Job has little trouble delivering the genre goods.
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