Panibugho

Right, well given this 2023 Filipino movie's cover, I must admit that I was expecting it to be just another pointless Filipino softcore porno movie. Yet, I still opted to give the movie the benefit of the doubt and watch it, since it was listed as a drama here on IMDb.

Not even 6 minutes into the ordeal it became very clear that it was indeed just another pointless softcore porno from the Filipino cinema. Not even six minutes into the story and you have the first nude and sex scene. And yeah, that pretty much set the standard for the movie.

Sure, I guess that there is an audience out there for ridiculous movies such as these softcore porno movies that seem to be flooding the Filipino cinema. But for an audience well past the adolescent years and wanting entertainment to be more than just full frontal nudity and imitated sex scenes, then "Panibugho" does not provide proper entertainment.

I can't claim that writer Nigel Santos managed to put together anything even remotely close to a proper storyline, because this was a dumpsterfire of a movie. And director Iar Arondaing seemed to be doing this just to fulfill some fantasy of sibling sisters, I suppose.

Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, nor can I claim that I was impressed with what I saw. As for the performances in "Panibugho" actually being dependent on acting talent might be up for debate. At least, for the majority of the female cast, it seemed that willingness to be fully naked in front of a camera seemed to be a criteria to participate in the making of this softcore porno. And I guess that a movie such as this is something that the actors and actresses want to forget all about doing years down the lane.

Don't waste your time, money or effort on "Panibugho", well, unless Filipino softcore porno is your thing, then by all means you're in for a treat here.

My rating of "Panibugho" lands on a one out of ten stars.