The rule "Don't judge a book by its cover" cannot apply in FPJ's "Alamat ng Lawin". For it is as silly as its poster, which resembles Carlo J. Caparas films. Just from the poster.
Sgt. Greg Marcial is an esteemed detective who is tasked to investigate on a series of mysterious deaths among elderly men.
Three women who come from different backgrounds work hard to earn a living in Manila, but realize that they are victims of sexual exploitations. A television producer is forced to have sex with her boss in exchange for an opportunity to produce a new programme. That almost costs her marriage. A temporary teacher and her colleagues are sent by their principal to give a dance performance at a ministry officer's birthday party. They are gang-raped or almost gang-raped by the officer and his guests. A bus ticket seller accidentally kills one of the men who tries to gang-rape her, but all the bus passengers who witness the scene refuse to go to court to help her defending the charge of murder. Although the three women do not know each other, they end up taking the same bus leaving Manila and heading to the rural area.
Lolo of Paul
Three boys are confronted with what they perceive as a challenge to prove their masculinity in a story about sexual awakening. Paul is a show-off whose obnoxious ways mask deep insecurities. Cris is the klutz who tries to please everyone but ends up pleasing no one. And Caloy is the scholarly over-protected son more interested in surfing the net than meeting people. They are out to prove themselves real men but they almost always fall flat on their faces. During an out-of-town school seminar, the trio sees a good chance to finally visit a prostitution house with the three other villains in their lives trying also vainly to thwart their every move by picturing them as bad boys. So Paul, Cris and Caloy enter the red house but, instead of losing their innocence, they uncover the shocking reality that girls forced to work there are minors.
A story of friendship gone bad, Ronaldo and Russel had a pact that they would help each other whatever happens. When Russel became a lawyer, he fulfills his promise to Ronald. Helping the latter's mother to get out of jail. Now living in two different worlds, their friendship takes a sudden ending.
Desperation for a child prompts a British executive's (Douglas Hodge) wife (Kerry Fox) to submit to an illegal adoption scheme in Vietnam
A winning lottery ticket leads to trouble and romance for an indebted man.
Lawyer
Barbara loves her little sister Ruth deeply. When Ruth becomes devilishly manipulative by threatening to kill herself if her sister doesn't break up with her boyfriend Nick . The sisters end up engaging in black magic to get back at each other.
Older Elder
Un kickboxer acepta una invitación de participar en un campeonato kickboxing donde una compañía planea introducir cyborgs como combatientes. Cuando él se niega, la compañía secuestra a su novia para forzarle a su participación.
Ding's Father
Idealistic graduates of the police academy battle crime in their city.
Primo
Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different strangers team up to try and survive the physical and mental torture they undergo after they are suddenly jailed. Geny is the conservative businessman while Serge is more sensitive and outgoing. Both of the young men's parents give all of their money, but the government refuses to free them. Even a mutual hunger strike fails to move their jailers. In desperation, Geny and Serge begin plotting their escape.
She was a popular actress during the 1960s who starred with Jack Nicholson in “Back Door To Hell”. Unfortunately, she meets a man in a billiard hall who kidnapped her twice.
Filipino action star Eddie "Lagalag" Fernandez is convicted and jailed for his role in a homicide.
Surgeon
Vic Sotto plays a barangay tanod who always seems to have a knack for saving the local folks from dangerous situations at the right moment. Cynthia Luster (Yukari Oshima) is Lt. Cynthia Wang, is a Royal Hong Kong Police on the look-out for Nikita, the infamous gang leader. Amparo Lagman (played by Gloria Sevilla), working as a domestic helper, becomes the unwitting target of the Nikita's gang when she comes into possession of some important documents. Nikita follows her to the Philippines, along with Lt. Cynthia Wang who is in pursuit of Nikita. - Written by ledster
Newsman
Tomas Padilla and his men are sent on a mission that turns out to be a personal vendetta by General Montalban against a governor. When it does not go as planned, Montalban sets them up as the perpetrators of the death of the governor to the media.
A 1992 Filipino action film starring Ronnie Ricketts and Rachel Lobangco.
Padre David
A 1991 Filipino crime-action film starring Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.
Atty. Reyes
It's the story of friendship and betrayal.
Vietnamese Man
Ramón Cota, un famoso narcotraficante, secuestra a un grupo de agentes encargados de investigar el tráfico de drogas, escondiéndolos en un recóndito lugar perdido en la selva. Scout McCoy, el coronel de Delta Force, deberá afrontar la misión de destruir a Ramón Costa, a todos sus secuaces y a su imperio, basado en la venta de cocaína. McCoy y su equipo se disponen para la batalla, cuyo objetivo es salvar a los rehenes y terminar con el delincuente más famoso.
A woman had a one-night stand with soon-to-be-married man and becomes obsessed with him, stalking him to the point of threatening suicide to get his attention.
Tanda
A vampire hunter who has the quest to kill vampires.
Eight cops are organized into an anti-vice squad. They risk their lives and test their brotherhood in every mission they accomplish.
Padre Sebastian
Matang Bato is a small village which kept many dark mysteries in its past and they are starting to haunt them once again. Our unlikely hero, Tikboy was a frail teenager seeking to make his grandfather proud by joining in his Moro-Moro stage play. But little did he know there was more to his life than just being a stage actor. Suddenly monsters were appearing left and right, revived and controlled by their leader, Conde Regalado, they struck terror to the village. Acquiring the aid of old hermit, Tinyente Kulog, he learned about his past and how it will help save the villagers. Transformed into Kumander Bawang, armed with garlic bombs and superhuman strength, he ventured forth to end the battle that his father has started twenty years ago.
The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men.
Doctor
A young woman who all her life has lived under the shadow of her sister, a sister who is not only older but more assertive more intelligent and more appreciated. She knows that even with her best effort she cannot compete with her. Everything is fine with her she is after all more at peace with her kind of uncomplicated existence. But even the most submissive and most patient of people can only take so much. The day comes when she realizes that for her to live her own life she must end her meekness and learn to speak up.
Minyong
In the heart of Manila, a rookie pickpocket crosses paths with Baldo, the so-called "king of pickpockets".
Lt. Jamal is a Muslim undercover police officer, who is sent to Manila to help curb the runaway crime rate. Convinced of his abilities as an undercover agent, he is summoned by Col. Castro to assist in unmasking the head of a big and vicious syndicate. In Manila, he is assigned as a bodyguard to a Police Major, who is also his contact, but two syndicate members beat him to the job.
Doctor
Five young women trek to the city in the quest of better lives but end up instead with broken hearts.
Club Manager
Dorina Pineda is a Sampaguita vendor idolizing the most famous singing sensation in the country, Lavinia Arguilles. Lavina with her ego getting big, drives away her fans and even her boyfriend Nico Escobar. He later discovers Dorina as a wonderful singer and eventually falls in love with her. A simple die-hard fan at first, Dorina rose to the ranks and become the biggest singing star in the country, even becoming more famous than her idol Lavinia.
Warden Esteban
A pregnant woman arrested for frustrated murder is sent to the Manila City Jail where she meets several women with shocking pasts.
Tran's Aide
Tras una aventurada huída de un campo de concentración vietnamita, el capitán de las Fuerzas Especiales James Braddock recibe la misión de localizar y rescatar a un grupo de soldados.
Prosecution Lawyer
Baby Tsina a famous underworld figure during the 50's who acquired the nickname because of her ivory skin and slanting eyes. She led the police in a frenetic chase before she was convicted for murder. Ironically it was a crime she did not commit. While in jail though she underwent a transformation and led the other inmates in seeking for reforms in the local penal system. An engrossing film with superior performances from the entire cast.
Producer
This dramatic anthology of true-to-life stories of love and domestic problems based on letters sent by to the TV drama program hosted by Helen Vela who gives advice to troubled viewers.
After a doctor's wife died, a former patient charged him of parricide. Is he guilty or is the patient just jealous that the doctor married another woman?
Two teenage couples realize that marriage isn't child's play and takes maturity and selflessness, as well as love, to make it work.
Leo
In a city where there is deception, crime and betrayal, it is a man who still keeps his word of honor ...
In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start.
Attorney Vega
The movie portrays wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary.