Kung Fu Divas

Kung Fu Divas
Directed by Onat Diaz
Produced by Leonardo Po
Erik Matti
Louie Araneta
Joseph Nebriaga
Dondon Monteverde
Onat Diaz
Martina Aileen de las Alas
Marian Gracia Rivera
Screenplay by Onat Diaz
Story by Onat Diaz
Starring Ai Ai delas Alas
Marian Rivera
Music by IJ Garcia
Cinematography Anne Monzon
Monchie Redoble
Edited by Christopher Cantos
Billy de Leon
Jay Halili
Melvyn M. Quimosing
Bong Villasenor
Production
company
Star Cinema
Reality Entertainment
The O&Co. Picture Factory
Distributed by Star Cinema
Release date
  • October 2, 2013 (2013-10-02)
Running time
 125 mins
Country Philippines
Language
  • Tagalog
  • English
Box office ₱65 million (4 weeks)[1]

Kung Fu Divas is a 2013 Philippine action comedy film directed by Onat Diaz and starring Ai Ai delas Alas and Marian Rivera. The lead stars also co-produced the film which opened in theaters on October 2, 2013 as part of Star Cinema's 20th Anniversary presentation.[2][3][4][5]

This film is a parody of Gu Long's Wuxia novel Juedai Shuangjiao.

Plot

Charlotte (Ai Ai de las Alas) is from a family of beauty queens, but she has yet to win a title of her own. Her final chance is the Hiyas ng Dalampasigan Pageant (literally, Seaside Jewel Pageant), and her mother has taken steps to make sure that she wins. But her chances are dashed when the mysterious Samantha (Marian Rivera) suddenly joins the contest. The two become bitter enemies following the contest, but they are soon forced by destiny to team up. It turns out the two have a hidden connection to a mystical past, and must work together to discover the truth about their heritage.[6]

Cast

Reception

Duane Lucas Pascua of Spot.ph (a publication of Summit Media) both gave praise to the film and its director, saying: "One of the key strengths of the film is how it pokes fun into the varied facets of modern Filipino culture while managing to stay away from being preachy."[7] Nestor U. Torre of Philippine Daily Inquirer said the film is "visually vivid, doesn't scrimp on production values, and elicit perky performances from its actors," while also pointed out that it "fails to come off as a complete treat, due to deficiencies in its storytelling, and what eventually turns out to be its too varied mix of disparate elements, which fail to harmoniously fuse together by the film’s final fade."[8]

International Film Festivals

  • FANTASPORTO 2014-34th Oporto International Film Festival
    • Official Selection - Orient Express Section[9]
  • 14th Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival
    • Official Selection - New Cinema From Asia[10]
  • Feratum 2014, Mexico
    • Exhibition Film

Awards

  • 62nd FAMAS Awards 2014
    • Best Special Effects - Winner
    • Best Actress: Marian Rivera - Nominated
    • Best Cinematography - Nominated
    • Best Production Design - Nominated
    • Best Visual Effects - Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Philippines Box Office". boxofficemojo.com.
  2. ↑ "AIAI AND MARIAN'S WORLD-CLASS EPIC COMEDY-ADVENTURE FILM, "KUNG FU DIVAS" TO HIT CINEMAS OCTOBER 2". abscbnpr.com.
  3. ↑ Kung Fu Divas on YouTube
  4. ↑ Ai Ai, Marian Rivera to topbill comedy film
  5. ↑ PEP.ph (13 September 2013). "Kapuso star Marian Rivera amazed by how Star Cinema promotes its films - PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz". pep.ph.
  6. ↑ Philbert Ortiz Dy. "Kung Fu Divas Movie Review - Charming Absurdity". ClickTheCity.com.
  7. ↑ Duane Lucas Pascua. "MOVIE REVIEW: Kung-Fu Divas". Spot.ph.
  8. ↑ Nestor U. Torre. "'Ambidextrous' tricks and shticks in otherwise diverting 'Divas'". inquirer.net.
  9. ↑ "Fantasporto". fantasporto.com.
  10. ↑ http://www.nifff.ch/?a=293,297&ps=ncfa#progtop
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