Topakk

Topakk (2024)

In a bid for redemption, an Ex-Special Forces security guard attempts to save the life of a woman who is being hunted by a corrupt police death squad working for a drug cartel.

Data de estreia
2024-12-25
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (9)
Duração
1 h 51 min
Géneros
Ação, Thriller, Crime
Realizador
Richard Somes

Elenco

Curiosidades

Topakk, internationally known as Triggered, is a 2023 Philippine action thriller film directed by Richard Somes from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jimmy Flores and Will Fredo. It stars Arjo Atayde and Julia Montes. The film was first screened at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May 2023 and premiered at the 76th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland in August 2023. The film was theatrically released in the Philippines on December 25, 2024, as part of the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival.

Production

Topakk was produced under Nathan Studios along with Fusee, Strawdogs Studio Production and Toronto-based post sound house Theo & Atlas Productions. According to multiple teasers and news sources released in 2020, the film was originally going to star JM de Guzman as Miguel and Annicka Dolonius in an unspecified role, but they were recast for unknown reasons. The film was directed by Strawdogs' Richard V. Somes.

Montes started her immersion training in preparation for Topakk as early as September 2022. Cornerstone Entertainment made the special announcement of the new film on their social media accounts.

The film was revised twice to achieve a more lenient rating of R-16 from the original R-18 rating from the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board for the Philippine-release.

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