Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story

Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story (2011)

July 15th, 20111h 56min

Action, Drama, Crime
40%

Overview

Mobster Asiong Salonga (ER Ejercito) rules the mean streets of Manila with an iron fist—until he is betrayed by a trusted friend. Manila Kingpin is based on the story of the notorious Tondo, Manila, gang leader Nicasio “Asiong” Salonga, whose true-to-life accounts had been portrayed in several movie versions since 1961 (starring Joseph Estrada). It is also the first Filipino major film produced in black-and-white in the 21st century as well as the returning action genre movie. Before the film was shown, Tikoy Aguiluz requested the producers, through his lawyers, that his directorial credits in the film and promotional tools be removed because the final version of the film can no longer be described as his after the producers made a reedit, re-shoot and music mixing without his involvement. He also demanded that he be allowed to make a director's cut of the film.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Morgue

Morgue


Released on: 2013-12-13
Horror, Drama

With his funeral parlor about to go out of business and his wife leaving him for good, Lance has bec...

Raw Deal

Raw Deal


Released on: 1986-06-06
Action, Crime, Thriller

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sher...

Tatlong Bibe

Tatlong Bibe


Released on: 2017-03-01
Drama, Family

A story about love, hope, giving, sharing, forgiving and three ducks.

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Wrong Place, Wrong Time


Released on: 2023-10-15
Action, Crime

In the Hudson Valley, there's Mafia warfare. Johnny Marzano vs Louie Benson. Trapped in the middle o...

Watch Out, We're Mad

Watch Out, We're Mad


Released on: 1974-03-29
Action, Comedy

After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will...

The Eve of St. Mark

The Eve of St. Mark


Released on: 1944-05-22
War, Drama

Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first...

Si Techie, si Teknoboy, at si Juana B

Si Techie, si Teknoboy, at si Juana B


Released on: 2010-06-10
Comedy, Drama

Techie and Jay, both OFWs from Qatar, decide to come home for two weeks to get married. Unknown to J...

Big Night

Big Night


Released on: 2009-06-24
Drama

A group of male and female prostitutes make preparations for a big event happening at a shady club w...

Dampi

Dampi


Released on: 2010-08-25
Drama

A story about two gays who experienced a miracle.

The Departed

The Departed


Released on: 2006-10-04
Drama, Thriller, Crime

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the under...

Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story

Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story


Released on: 2013-02-27
Drama, Action

Alfredo S. Lim has just been awarded as one of Manila's ten most outstanding policemen. The celebrat...

Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot

Isang Tanong, Isang Sagot


Released on: 1997-01-01
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Rizelle is a beautiful young woman who decides to work as a house helper during summer to earn extra...

Habang May Buhay

Habang May Buhay


Released on: 1996-02-01
Drama, Romance

Pia the only daughter of Zeny and Menandro found herself in the same predicament as her mother did y...

Last Trip to Paradise

Last Trip to Paradise


Released on: 2014-06-30
Drama

A road film about living positively.

Moonlight Over Baler

Moonlight Over Baler


Released on: 2017-02-08
Romance, Drama

Fidela, a freshly retired school teacher in Baler meets Kenji who is a young Japanese photojournalis...

Taglish

Taglish


Released on: 2012-12-06
Drama

At first, there was Tagalog, Gym Lumbera’s short and, to his mind, unfinished narrative about the in...

Balikbayan Box

Balikbayan Box


Released on: 2007-08-08
Drama

A story about three children struggling in a depressed neighborhood with their means of survival arr...

Lullaby of the Free

Lullaby of the Free


Released on: 2019-08-03
Drama

In the midst of an ongoing siege, a reluctant child combatant finds a safe place to pray where he me...

In Between Spaces

In Between Spaces


Released on: 2019-08-03
Drama

Jun is a farmer who lives near a pineapple field with his mother Dita and his brother Mako. His aunt...

The Fighting Chefs

The Fighting Chefs


Released on: 2013-03-06
Action, Comedy, Romance

Two warring chefs and their restaurants are threatened by the 3-month deadline imposed to them by Do...