BuyBust

BuyBust (2018)

How many lives are you willing to sacrifice?

A special forces team is sent to snuff out a drug den, but find themselves trapped inside it after being set-up and betrayed.

Date of release
2018-08-01
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (66)
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Director
Erik Matti

Casting

Interesting facts

BuyBust is a 2018 Philippine action thriller film co-written and directed by Erik Matti. It stars an ensemble cast top-billed by Anne Curtis and Brandon Vera. The plot centers on a team summoned by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to conduct a drug bust in a Manila slum. Realizing the mission is poorly executed, the team find themselves trapped by settlers and attempts to escape by fighting their way out. The film has been viewed as a social commentary on the controversial Philippine drug war initiated by the Duterte government.

Production

Production on BuyBust began as early as mid-2016 which, according to director Erik Matti, included: "finding a good mix of actors, training, pre-sales, test shoots, storyboards, training, pre-vis, look tests, set construction, training finding the right balance between budget ambition and resources". Matti also wrote the screenplay, which underwent a total of 16 revisions.

Anne Curtis and MMA fighter Brandon Vera joined the cast in late June 2016. A week before filming, Curtis performed rigorous training at the Scout Ranger Training School, where she undertook knife fighting in close quarters and basic weapon handling. Curtis was also trained in Pekiti-Tirsia Kali, and running while encumbered with 12 kg (26 lb) of weight. She elected performing most of her stunts by herself.

Principal photography began on March 28, 2017, with Neil Derrick Bion serving as cinematographer. Shooting lasted 56 days, during which a total of 1,278 extras and 309 stuntmen cooperated.

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