Terrorist Hunter
2005 Filipino action film
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Terrorist Hunter is a 2005 Filipino action film directed by Val Iglesias from a script by Jorge Isaac and starring Eddie Garcia, Ronald Gan, Dennis Roldan, Jess Sanchez, Maricar de Mesa, Alma Soriano, Ramon Christopher, Alvin Anson, Isaac and Camille Roxas.
- Eddie Garcia
- Ronald Gan
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| Directed by | Val Iglesias |
| Written by | Jorge Isaac |
| Produced by | Col. Jerry Valeroso |
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| Cinematography | Apolinar Cuenco |
| Edited by | Rudy Tabotabo |
| Music by | Ed Barcena |
Production company | Double Impact Films |
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| Country | Philippines |
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| Budget | ₱20 million[1] |
| Box office | ₱1.9 million |
Produced by Double Impact Films in 2003, the film was released on December 25, 2005 as an entry to the 31st Metro Manila Film Festival. Earning only ₱1.9 million by the end of the festival against a budget of approximately ₱20 million, it was a box-office bomb.
Cast
- Eddie Garcia as Capt. Samson
- Ronald Gan
- Dennis Roldan as Malik
- Jess Sanchez
- Maricar de Mesa
- Alma Soriano
- Ramon Christopher
- Alvin Anson
- Jorge Isaac
- Camille Roxas
- Val Iglesias
- Rhey Roldan
- Ernie Zarate
- Pyar Mirasol
- Bob Soler
- Lito Legaspi as Gen. Cruz
- Lauro Flores
- Bong Ledesma
- Bong Ruso
Production
Actress KC Castillo was initially included in the film with her scenes already shot, but due to her casting in another company's film, a temporary restraining order was filed against her.[2]
Director Val Iglesias stated that unlike his previous films, Terrorist Hunter did not resort to using computer graphics for its action scenes.[3]
On February 20, 2005, actor and producer Dennis Roldan, who portrayed a terrorist-kidnapper in the film, was arrested for the February 9 kidnapping of a Chinese-Filipino boy in Pasig City.[4][5] Due to this, Col. Jerry Valeroso later bought the rights to the film and became its producer.[1]
Release
Shot in 2003, Terrorist Hunter was submitted as an entry to the 31st Metro Manila Film Festival,[6][1] where it received enough votes from the festival committee to be included in the first batch of entries shown on December 25, 2005.[7]
Box office
The film was among the three lowest-grossing films out of the ten entries of the festival, earning just ₱1.9 million by the festival's end.[8]