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Iyo ang Batas, Akin ang Katarungan
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Leonardo L. Garcia
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| story = Cora Crisol
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| cinematography = Rey Lapid
| editing = Edgardo 'Boy' Vinarao
| studio = Buena Films International
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'Iyo ang Batas, Akin ang Katarungan' is a 1988 Filipino action film directed by Leonardo L. Garcia and starring Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Eddie Garcia, Paquito Diaz, Melissa Mendez, and Romy Diaz. Produced by Buena Films International, it was released on September 22, 1988. Critic Lav Diaz gave the film a negative review, criticizing it as excessively clich ("gasgas").
Cast
*Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr. as Dante Reyes
*Eddie Garcia as Mayor Oliva
*Paquito Diaz as Waldo
*Melissa Mendez as Cristy
*Romy Diaz as Martin
*Nick Romano as Ka Meding
*Anita Linda as Pinang
*Kring-Kring Gonzalez as Rowena
*Nello Nayo as Tomas
*Baldo Marro as Chief Rubio
*Renato del Prado as Selmo
*King Gutierrez as Waldo's bodyguard
*Rey Sagum as Waldo's bodyguard
*Allan Rogelio as Nestor
*Christopher Paloma as Ato
*Tony Tacorda
*Charlie Davao as Carlos
*Bing Davao as Atty. Tablante
*Greggo Gavino
*Efren Lapid as Cosme
*Usman Hassim as Waldo's bodyguard
*Robert Miller as Waldo's bodyguard
*Vic Varrion as Mayor Oliva's bodyguard
*Nonoy de Guzman as Mayor Oliva's bodyguard
*Robert Talby
*Danny Riel
Release
'Iyo ang Batas' was graded "B" by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), indicating a "Good" quality. It was released in theaters on September 22, 1988.
Critical response
Lav Diaz, writing for the 'Manila Standard', gave 'Iyo ang Batas' a negative review, criticizing the film overall as excessively clich ("gasgas") and citing its title, story, action, and dialogue as examples. Diaz stated that "you would feel like you have already seen this movie many times or even heard it in a number of bloody radio programs." However, he noted that what can be considered the film's strength is its intense action, in the vein of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone.In 2016, in the early months of the Philippine Drug War, Janus Isaac Nolasco of 'Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia' cited the film as a demonstration of a general perception that Philippine society lacks an effective criminal justice system, with the hero Dante Reyes deciding to take matters into his own hands against a corrupt mayor.
References
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