I stopped calling movies slow a long time ago, but Ato Bautista’s Blackout is sloooow. A psychological thriller about an alcoholic landlord (nicely played by Robin Padilla, complete with greasy hair and ugly glasses) prone to blackouts, the film could use faster pacing to communicate the main character’s rising panic — either that, or the [...]
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