Smart, tense, raw and uncompromising, "Cavite" throws you into a verité first-person nightmare with the bruising, single-minded intensity of "The Blair Witch Project" and the topical fervor of today's headlines. Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana's psychological thriller follows one man's descent into the scary gloaming of Islamic terrorism. The twist is that the terrorists, who hold the young man Adam's sister and mother hostage, are in the Philippines, where Islamic fanaticism has carved pockets of lethality equal to those in the Middle East. Read the full review
Adam, an American citizen visiting his native Philippines for his father's funeral, receives a phone call from a Muslim terrorist telling him that his mother and sister have been kidnapped and will be killed if he doesn't comply. Helpless and alone in a country he barely knows, Adam must choose between sacrificing the ones he loves or commiting a horrible act that will cost the lives of many.
Directors: Ian Gamazon, Neill Dela Llana
Starring: Ian Gamazon, Dominique Gonzalez, Jeffrey Lagda
Run time: 80 minutes
Release date: May 26, 2006
Rating: Not rated.
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Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"... the point: to drop you into its panicked reality and shake you rawly to the core."
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