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A thrilling story about 4 men who are struggling to survive, feed themselves and relatives. Two of them are ex-convicts; one is an assassin, the others are judicial officers arrested for corruption. Mario decides to do a decent job when he is released. Daniel is younger and disciple of Mario. He is chosen to replace him on duty. Joaquin and Francis are two police officers who are in trouble with ethical issues. The collision among them is unavoidable.
Even at its most incomprehensible, the propulsive thriller "On the Job" is never less than arresting.
September 26, 2013
The Dissolve
Matti's primary order of business is regularly serving up tense, stylish action sequences, and he proves more adept choreographing those than sorting out the convolutions of his parallel plotlines.
an audacious trawl through the gutter of Manila's political structures, evoking the very best conspiracy thrillers of the 70s while remaining utterly contemporary and local.
Matti uses this setup to show the rot in Philippine society, and it's often compelling stuff - filmed mostly on dirty streets and in moldy, ramshackle buildings.
Despite the relative flatness of [the] characters - their relationships to one another are more archetypal than particular - the film is as heartbreaking as it is heart-stopping.
A nose-to-the-ground crime thriller that also doubles as a wide-ranging portrait of official corruption in the Philippines, On the Job has little trouble delivering the genre goods.
"On the Job" is a sturdy and sophisticated crime drama from the Philippines that takes a pretty gruesome situation and enriches its presentation with lots of human detail.