TOPAKK Review: A Salute To The Brave And Belagured With Plenty Of Brutal Action In Richard V. Somes’ Thriller
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Locarno 2023 Review: In TRIGGERED (TOPAKK), A Salute To The Brave And Beleagured With Brutal Action Bombast
The film stars Arjo Atayde, Julia Montes, Kokoy De Santos and Sid Lucero, and is directed by Richard Somes.
TRIGGERED Trailer: Richard V. Somes’s Latest Unleashes Ballistic Old School Action
Discharged from the army due to post-traumatic stress disorder, Miguel gets embroiled in a different kind of war when a drug peddler seeks his protection against a vigilante death squad. All the while he must confront his own demons in order to earn his redemption. That’s the thick of things laid out for director Richard V. Somes’s Triggered, his newest thriller fresh out of international sales label Raven Banner Entertainment with a trailer ahead of its Locarno screenings beginning Monday. Somes also co-wrote the pic with Will Fredo and Jim Flores with a cast led by Arjo Atayde in a role both that nods to soldiers still struggling home, as well as cosigns a return to bygone action heroics of yesteryear, as so reflected by Somes in Marta Balaga’s Variety exclusive on Friday: “I am really inspired by the 1980s action films. It all started with ‘First Blood’ or even […]