14 - REVIEW: Zombadings: Patayin Sa Shokot Si Remington

Zombadings: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington is an indie comedy film starring Martin Escudero. The story revolves to the life of Remington, who used to degrade and mock gays when he was young until he encountered a gay witch that cursed him to be gay when he turn 21. The film is also considered as a subversive movie, as it has a plot that criticizes gays a bit immoral way to entertain.

In the movie, Remington grew up doing the activities every man was expected to do. On the other hand, gays in their community were disliked, calling them as “salot sa lipunan.” It’s quite funny that the men in their community, as well as the friends of  Remington’s dad disliked gays, while some of them were just ‘tambays’, and women, like Remington’s mom work as a police. Even her partner in doing the job was a woman!

My favorite part is when Remington went to Hannah for the first time after he was been cursed already and became gay. He can’t help to talk natural but gay lingo. I laughed at the part when Marian Rivera called the albularyo ‘babe’.

We all know that being an actor in not really easy, but for Martin Escudero, he portrayed the role very well. He acted both being a man and gay without overpowering the other role. I admire his dedication in this project for giving such effort in order to study his role. I salute him for doing the kissing scene with his co-actor Kerbie Zamora for the sake of the movie because maybe for some, it is not easy follow very direction that is directed upon them. I also like Megan Young, since she carried the typical romantic comedy set-up of the film along with Martin Escudero. I saw their chemistry with each other. Lastly, Janice de Belen’s acting is really remarkable since I thought that she’s only into dramatic projects, but through this movie, I also saw her quirky and funny side.

I think the message the movie wants to convey other than not to hurt homosexuals is the whole gender quality itself. Everyone of us has the right to grow as a person in whatever way we want. Whether you are a man, woman, homosexual, bisexual or whatnot, you should be respected the way others respected themselves. The people in our society today should open their minds to give equal opportunity to everyone. We should not think that we are superior than the other gender, and instead, do whatever we wanted to be. At the end of the day, it is our life that we spend, and we should be glad as if there is no boundary that walls us through our own happiness.

Zombadings: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington is really a must-see movie to everyone who’s looking for entertainment and laughter. It is also perfect to watch with family. I like the movie because the characters portrayed their role very well, at the same time, it is a kind of suspense film that will not make you become scared because of its comedic way telling the story.