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Kinatay

Original title: Butchered · Turkish title: Katliam

“Journey into darkness.”

2009 · 1 h 45 min
Directed by Brillante Mendoza
CrimeDramaHorror

Cast

Coco Martin Mercedes Cabral

Credits

Written by: Armando Lao

Plot

Peping, a young criminology student in Manila, takes a job as a driver for a gang of criminals, in order to pay for his wife and baby. During one long night, he witnesses a brutal crime, and is drawn into it. Brillante Mendoza's 2009 film, known in English as Butchered, won him the award for best director at Cannes, and was controversial for its violence.

Sinekatalog’s take

Brillante Mendoza's brutal thriller follows a young Manila criminology student drawn into a night of kidnapping and murder as a gang's driver. Coco Martin is wide-eyed in a harrowing, controversial Cannes prize-winner.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (2,044 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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