The film will unfold in Manila, Philippines, and in the jungles of the island of Boracay. A peaceful and quiet island is interrupted by the murder of one of its locals. And in order to protect his daughter, a middle-aged Russian man must get out of his comfort zone.
A mishmash of action movie and buddy cop clichés rendered in incompetent fashion, this wink-wink homage to 1991's Showdown in Little Tokyo makes its inspiration seem like a classic.
For those who can endure the feature's considerable shortcomings and tone-deaf creative choices, this might be the next "The Room" for action cinema fans.
If "The Room" impresario Tommy Wiseau had been given the opportunity to make an action film, the result would still have been more entertaining than the egregiously nonsensical and amateurish "Showdown in Manila."
