Feng Shui 2
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| Directed by | Chito S. Roño |
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| Story by | Chito S. Roño |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Neil Daza |
| Edited by | Carlo Francisco Manatad |
| Music by | Carmina Cuya |
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| Distributed by | Star Cinema |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
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| Budget | ₱20 million (est.) |
| Box office | ₱235 million[1] |
Feng Shui 2 (stylized Feng Shui 二) is a 2014 Philippine supernatural horror film. It is a sequel to the first film from 2004. Kris Aquino reprises her role as Joy Ramirez and Coco Martin plays Lester Anonuevo, the new owner of the 'cursed bagua'. The film co-stars Cherry Pie Picache, Carmi Martin, Ian Veneracion, and Joonee Gamboa. It focuses on Lester (Martin) who, upon getting the cursed bagua, starts to have luck and prosperity, but with deadly consequences. This film was Star Cinema's official entry in the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival.[2]
It is also the first Filipino movie to be rendered in 4D and was exclusively shown at the XD Theater of SM Mall of Asia under a partnership of SM Lifestyle Entertainment and Star Cinema.[3]
Plot
The movie continues from the ending of the first film, when the twins discover the cursed bagua mirror in Joy Ramirez's (Kris Aquino) old house. There is a flashback to Joy's attempt to destroy the mirror, interrupted by the realization that her cousin Thelma, and her children Denton and Ingrid died in a vehicular accident. After 10 years, the new owner of the mirror becomes afraid when she finds her husband dead, lying on a tiger stuffed toy, his death corresponding to his birth on the year of the Tiger. The new owner is trying to leave their condominium unit as a result of the good luck from the cursed bagua. She sees her twin daughters (Joj and Jai Agpangan), urging her to escape. It turned out to be the twins' souls who also died from the curse. It is believed that one of the twins shot at her sister and father before killing herself. She jumps off the terrace of their condominium unit and falls on monkey bars. Coincidentally, the mirror's owner was born in the year of the Monkey.
Lester Anonuevo (Coco Martin), a hustler living in a slum, visits a Taoist temple to take the bagua mirror, which had been taken by Hsui Liao (Joonee Gamboa) from the apartment, upon orders of a niece of Lotus Feet, who wants to repatriate the mirror to China. Despite returning it to the niece, the mirror reappears at Lester's house which leads to a turnaround in his fortunes. He is able to repay his loan shark, Boss Paulo, for his motorcycle before the latter, who had stared into the mirror hits his head into a hotdog cart and dies afterward. He finds a wallet with a phone and a card, which he redeems. His absentee father Robert (Rez Cortez) then returns and they move into a new house inside a more affluent estate.[4] Before he leaves, Lester sees the ghost of Lotus Feet, the woman who cursed the bagua in her dying breath. Later that night, Lester's alcoholic mother Ruby (Carmi Martin)[4] dies as a result of ingesting rat poison while drinking, revealing her to be born in the year of the Rat. This drives Lester to destroy the mirror. Joy, who is now a real estate agent arrives but leaves immediately when she sees the mirror, warning him not to accept any more good fortune. Upon returning to the door, he finds the mirror intact.
After Ruby's funeral, Jack (Ian De Leon), a loan shark whom Lester had offended in the slum, breaks into Lester's house but encounters instead Robert. In the ensuing struggle Robert is stabbed to death, and Jack is killed with a fire extinguisher bearing a tag that says "Red Rabbit." Lester realizes Robert and Jack were both born in the year of the Rabbit as Jack is wearing a violet polo shirt with a Playboy bunny logo in it. Joy, Lily (a former owner of the bagua mirror played by Cherry Pie Picache), and Hsui Liao go to Lester's house to talk about what happened after Lester stole the bagua mirror. Liao realizes that the Bagua mirror is haunting Lester as well as its previous living owners as it is about to complete collecting the souls of its 12 previous owners that correspond to their zodiac animal. Liao also realizes that when Lotus Feet's niece tried to pacify her aunt and died, her soul eventually joined Lotus Feet in claiming a pair of victims, which explains the deaths of Robert and Jack, as well as Lester's companions in the slum, who were killed after being accused of Lester's earlier theft. When they asked to go to the front of the house, the mirror had disappeared. They go to Lily's house. Lily finds the mirror but lies to them, hoping to recover her good fortune. They go to Douglas' (Ian Veneracion) house. They find out that Douglas's annulment was finalized and that he was ready to propose to Joy, but they realize that he looked at the bagua mirror.
Hsui Liao realizes that the only way to end Lotus Feet's curse is to destroy the bagua mirror in the temple and persuades Douglas to accompany him, Joy and Lester to the temple. Meanwhile, Lily and her housemaid are killed after pulling an electric cable connected to a Dragon fountain which they mistake to be a buried piece of gold, revealing her to be born in the Year of the Dragon. Douglas gets into a fight with residents near Hsui Liao's temple after an accident, presumably getting killed after being outnumbered, Hsui Liao accidentally looks at the mirror during a scuffle and is stabbed to death, falling on a pile of pork skins (chicharon) to signify his being born on the Year of the Pig and Lester is beaten up and stabbed by angry residents while getting to the temple near some dog cages, signifying his being born in the Year of the Dog. Finally, Lester and Joy reach the temple and destroy the bagua mirror together. After destroying the mirror, Joy notices Lester's dead body at the door of the temple, revealing that it was his ghost who helped her break the mirror. She mourns as the police and Douglas arrive, much to Joy's surprise.
In the post credits scene, Lester's friend Ellen (Beauty Gonzales) is on a taxi and saw a photo of the cursed bagua that Lester sent to her. While posting the bagua for sale, the film ends as the taxi appears to collide with an Isuzu Elf truck with the words "Snake Island", indicating that Ellen was born on the Year of the Snake.
Cast
Main
- Kris Aquino as Joy Ramirez
- Coco Martin as Lester Anonuevo
Supporting
- Cherry Pie Picache as Lily Mendoza
- Ian Veneracion as Douglas
- Carmi Martin as Ruby Anonuevo
- Rez Cortez as Robert Anonuevo
- Joonee Gamboa as Hsui Liao
- Beauty Gonzalez as Ellen
- Ian De Leon as Jack
- Martin Escudero as Moy
- Raikko Mateo as Mio
- Diana Zubiri as Woman whose ATM card was stolen by Lester
- Teodoro Baldemaro as Boss Paulo
- Elizabeth Chua as Lotus Feet's niece
- Rosita Lim as Mei Lien/Lotus Feet
- Kych Minemoto as Endon
- Randy See as Leonard
- Jenine Desiderio as the mother of the Twins
- Froilan Sales as the father of the Twins
- Joj and Jai Agpangan as the Twins
Production
The idea of a sequel was created after Coco Martin approached director Chito S. Roño and Kris Aquino about the first film. Being a fan of the original movie in 2004, Martin asked Aquino and Roño if they would be interested in a sequel, and said that he would be glad to join them. Roño and Aquino decided that after ten years, it was the right time for the sequel.
The shooting of the film was set to commence by late August 2014. With the first cut of the film, Joy's character (Kris Aquino) was not present for most of the story. Because of this, the producers asked for re-shoots, to give her additional screen time.
The first official trailer of the film was attached to the Star Cinema romantic comedy film Past Tense, which was released on November 22, 2014.[5]
Reception
The film was met with high expectations by fans since the first movie had been a cult classic, considered the 'scariest Filipino horror film ever'.[citation needed]
The film received a mixed to positive response from critics, who cited the outstanding performances of Coco Martin and Cherry Pie Picache but said the film lacked the originality of the first movie. They also applauded Kris Aquino's performance, saying it was a great improvement from her past horror films.
Audiences received the film more positively, citing it as a worthy sequel.
Box office
The film became the second-highest-grossing film at the 2014 Metro Manila Film Festival. It now holds the title of having the highest opening gross of any Filipino horror film of all time, having earned a total of ₱235.0 million at the box office.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "ABS-CBN 1Q 2016 Investor's Briefing Presentation Materials" (PDF). ABS-CBN Corporation. May 12, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
- ^ "Why Kris will settle for No. 2 in MMFF". ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Feel the thrill of Star Cinema's "Feng Shui" in XD 4D Cinema | SM Cinema". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
- ^ a b Cruz, Oggs (29 December 2014). "[MMFF 2014]: 'Feng Shui 2' Review: Twice the tedium". Rappler. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Feng Shui Full Trailer". YouTube. YouTube, Inc. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Feng Shui 2 on Cinema One". The Philippine STAR. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
External links
- Feng Shui 2 at IMDb
