The original 'Dirty Harry' of Manila — before body cams existed.
A story based on the life story of Alfredo Lim, who rose from street cop to NBI Director and eventually Mayor of Manila. It speaks of his courageous and never-ending attempts to clean the city of crime and other significant problems.
Acting
Eddie Garcia's granite-faced intensity carries every frame.
Production
Gritty 90s Manila locations now vanished or transformed.
Director
Ramon Jesus Capinpin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Lim's actual mayoral campaign, blurring cinema and political advertising in ways only Philippine cinema dared.
Eddie Garcia would later play Lim again in 1998's 'Alfredo Lim: Sa Kamay ng Katotohanan,' cementing their twinning in public memory.
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