If there’s ever a crazy, primal, rage-fuelled desire to punch someone out and you know it’s best not to, may I suggest watching Diego Fuentes’ Matapanki (2026) do the work instead? It’s so punk rock, some viewers may well wonder why this film hasn’t arrived in theatres before. After a huge debate with a certain telecom company, I’m with Ricardo (Ramon Galvez) in wanting to get that frustration out, stick it to the man, and not worry about the ramifications. With a wonderful soundtrack from the anti-monarchist punk-rocker Brits of Idles, I can scream “oh yes” and hope the corporations get what’s coming to them.
Here, our young hero lives with his grandmother, and he loves her dearly. After meeting up with Claudia (Antonia McCarthy) and Mella (Diego Bravo) and having a good time out, he finds a strange brew that changes his life around! It turns out the bottle was planted, and after being made a guinea pig, he’s ready to hand out his own brand of justice!
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