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 [Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer] ‘Commando.’ I was also thinking of that whole ‘reluctant hero’ subgenre, of ‘Die Hard,’ ‘Lethal Weapon’,” lists Somes.
“In my films, I always want this kind of character too. Someone who is very flawed, very human. Not invincible at all. When it came to Miguel, I created him also based on the people I actually met, here in the Philippines. There are so many security guards who once wanted to be decorated soldiers. Now, they are just trying to survive.”
Triggered also stars Julia Montes, Sid Lucero, Enchong Dee, Kokoy De Santos, and Paolo Paraiso, and is produced by Fusee in co-production with Strawdogs Studio Production and Nathan Studios.
Check out the teaser trailer released last month ICYMI, along with the latest trailer pasted below, and read more from Somes about the film in his interview here.
