Former MMA star Brandon Vera’s turn toward the film front has since made headway in the West with Day Zero, the newest Filipino zombie action feature from director Joey De Guzman. The official U.S. trailer is out marking a reunion for Vera and the Planos and Taiwan-based firm since rolling out the welcome for his co-starring role in Erik Matti’s Anne Curtis starrer, BuyBust.
Filipino American former/first-ever ONE Heavyweight Champion Brandon Vera’s career turn toward acting in the last several years has made a few notable strides. Erik Matti’s Anne Curtis-starrer, BuyBust, certainly had its highs with Vera sharing the mantle and pulling more than his weight, enough to now proffer him up to action fans in a perspective turn for a lead role that now brings us his newest venture into action-horror with The Ghosting director Joey De Guzman’s latest, Day Zero.
One of the most delightful things anyone might hear upon learning of a film like Erik Matti’s new crime opera, BuyBust is who will star. I didn’t know who Anne Curtis was until XYZ’s own Todd Brown broke the news at ScreenAnarchy on top of other updates regarding training of the cast, as well as the director’s own subsequent passionate testimonials on Facebook, and I have to say, in wake of its 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this film has done an incredible job selling itself.
Alrighty, time to fulfill that trailer addiction for you cats, and for this, we now turn to the official trailer for Erik Matti’s new crime thriller, BuyBust. Having taken the summer film festival scene by storm, you needn’t look far to find some appealing reviews for the new movie which is clearly setting a new benchmark for Filipino action film productions – this one with action sequences courtesy of Sonny Sison who has been on a mission for several years to date to bring local talents front and center.
BUYBUST locks in an INTERNATIONAL RELEASE!
The past year or so have proven hopeful and lively with Erik Matti’s latest, BuyBust. Recent weeks have finally begun revealing footage to show fans just a teeny bit of what they’re in for – this, along with a proof-of-concept filmed prior to the actual production to showcase lead actress Anne Curtis in film fighting form after months of heavy-handed pekiti-tirsia kali training.
Now readying an official local release stamped for February 28 after wrapping, VIVA Films and Reality Entertainment are stepping up their campaign with a fresh new trailer this week introducing the dark and murky slums our anti-drug enforcement unit members are forced to fight their way out of after a raid gone awry. Curtis is joined by Filipino-American championship MMA fighter Brandon Vera as seen in newly released footage that goes straight for the jugular.
Also starring are Victor Neri, Nonie Buencamino, and Joross Gamboa among the cast listed at the end. Check the trailer below!
Director Erik Matti’s latest crime thriller, BuyBust, has been nothing short of stirring. Indeed the hype is real for the celebrated helmer of hit crime thriller, On The Job, as well as Honor Thy Father and Kubot, and no less in the wake of pivoting away from screening at the Metro Manila Film Festival this year…
Thus, ensuing a slightly longer wait but one that bodes with promise as evidently seen in the first official teaser from Viva Films and Reality Entertainment. Anne Curtis and champion MMA fighter Brandon Vera lead the cast for the story centered two squads cornered amid a drug bust gone deadly with remaining squad members and civilians trapped in enemy sights.
With reason to suspect certain film reps might nab this one for international rights (don’t take my word for it just yet), I’m inclined to believe this particular title will hit pretty big on the market front, which is good news for anyone in pursuit of landing Filipino action cinema on the map under serious auspices. I’m crossing fingers just in case.
BuyBust opens in February in the Philippines before anywhere else, but do take a gander at this absolutely gritty, enthralling teaser below!
It’s a worthy read as well considering what it takes these days to get an ambitious action production in the Philippines off the ground. The greivances are valid, too, often pertaining to financing and politics overall despite the local talent pool that exists and otherwise lives and breathes to partake in a genre that speaks to international audiences at the least. Indeed, further plot and story specifics are scant regarding the film, but Matti’s testimony certainly speak to my own observations on past projects next to this one.
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