The read
Every source lands within 6 points of the others. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
Metacritic64/100
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Brillante Ma MendozaDirector
- Ralston JoverScreenplay
Cast
- Jiro ManioOdie
- Coco MartinCaloy
- Kristoffer KingRex
- Nathan LopezLeo
- Jaclyn JoseCast
- Julio DíazCast
- Simon IbarraCast
Stills
Themes
povertyelectionmanila philippinesslum dwellerboys' love (bl)