The agency makes a promise to Senator Robin Padilla, who condemned the film for its supposed negative portrayal of the country.
MANILA, Philippines – The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board has “committed” to ban the screening of the filmafter Senator Robin Padilla sought to block it due to its supposed bad portrayal of the Philippines.
According to Padilla’s office, the senator met with MTRCB officials, including Chairperson Lala Sotto, on Friday, February 17. It was then that they “promised” the senator that the agency would not allow the film to be shown in the Philippines. According to Padilla in an interview with DWIZ, the MTRCB said they had already spoken to the film’s distributor, and now they want to reach out to the producers of the film., starring Gerald Butler, tells the story of a pilot who faces a violent rebel group after he emergency lands his plane in Jolo, Sulu. It screened in US cinemas in January.
Padilla earned the support of Senate President Miguel Zubiri, who said “as a nation, we should send our regrets that this is not the real situation on the ground.”
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