Once Upon a Time in Manila (1994)
Vic Sotto plays a barangay tanod who always seems to have a knack for saving the local folks from dangerous situations at the right moment. Cynthia Luster (Yukari Oshima) is Lt. Cynthia Wang, is a Royal Hong Kong Police on the look-out for Nikita, the infamous gang leader. Amparo Lagman (played by Gloria Sevilla), working as a domestic helper, becomes the unwitting target of the Nikita's gang when she comes into possession of some important documents. Nikita follows her to the Philippines, along with Lt. Cynthia Wang who is in pursuit of Nikita. - Written by ledster
- Date of release
- 1994-01-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Action, Comedy
- Director
- Tony Y. Reyes
Casting
- Vic Sotto — Jet
- Yukari Ôshima — Lt. Cynthia Wang
- Gloria Sevilla — Amparo Lagman
- Val Sotto — Sgt. Beltran
- Larry Silva — Shepherd
- Yoyong Martirez — Dong
- Ritchie D'Horsie — Tom
- Romy Diaz — Mario
- Charlie Davao — Luigi
- Ruby Rodriguez — Carnapped Victim
- Yoyoy Villame — Boboy
- Babalu — Carnapper
Interesting facts
Once Upon a Time in Manila is a 1994 Philippine action comedy film co-written and directed by Tony Y. Reyes. The film stars Vic Sotto, who co-wrote the story, and Cynthia Luster.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Trouble Man 2025 · ★ 7.0
- Eenie Meanie 2025 · ★ 6.3
- The Paper Tigers 2020 · ★ 6.7
- Hooper 1978 · ★ 6.3
- Double Threat 2022 · ★ 6.2
- Ride Along 2 2016 · ★ 6.3
- The Protector 1985 · ★ 5.9
- How to Rob a Bank 2007 · ★ 5.8
- King of Killers 2023 · ★ 6.3
- Hostile Takeover 2025 · ★ 6.9
- Airborne 1993 · ★ 6.1
- See Spot Run 2001 · ★ 6.1