Overtime

Verdict: Value for Money

Pinoy Rebyu Score: 3.00 (4 ratings)

Genre: Thriller, Comedy

Directors: Wincy Aquino Ong, Earl Ignacio

Writer: Wincy Aquino Ong

Cast: Richard Gutierrez, Lauren Young, Mitch Valdes, Bearwin Meily, Roadfill, Renz Valerio, Roi Vinzon

Synopsis: Jody (Lauren Young) is the sole breadwinner of her family. She works for a large pharmaceutical company that’s just been accused of illegal human testing. Jody has been tasked with putting a major press conference where the company will deny these claims. Stressed out, she decides to blow off some steam by finally meeting up with a guy she’s been chatting with online. She and Dom (Richard Gutierrez) hit it off, and decide to spend the night together at a hotel. Jody wakes up drugged, however, with a bomb strapped to her torso. Dom tells Jody to set off the bomb at the press conference, or harm will come to her family. (Click the City)

Reviews:

3.5 Zig Marasigan (Rappler)

“It’s a film that is as rough as it is irreverent and as perverse as it is amusing. But while this may all be characteristic of some sort of narrative inconsistency, it strangely comes together through a Frankenstein-like work of comedy.” (Read full review)

3.0 Jecoup Asombrado (Pinoy Exchange)

“Overtime is a strange, strange movie but I can’t help but be drawn to its eccentricity. I wish the plotting was better but if you want a dose of twisted sense of humor then you go should go check this one out.” (Read full review)

3.0 Armando dela Cruz (Film Police)

“Ultimately, it is Ong’s pursuit to bring mainstream leagues something fresh that elevates his film; and what he has arrived here with — at best — is a fine, admission-worthy consumable pulp.” (Read full review)

2.5 Philbert Dy (Click the City)

“The most common complaint directed towards the mainstream is that they keep making the same film over and over. Whatever else might be said this film, it certainly wouldn’t merit that particular knock. But the messiness of the back half just can’t be entirely ignored.” (Read full review)