''Lost Command'' is a 1988 Filipino action film directed by Ben "M7" Yalung, written by Tony A. Calvento, and starring Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr.,

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, Lala Montelibano, Jenny Lyn, Dave Brodett, Baldo Marro, Robert Talabis, Lolit Solis, King Gutierrez, E. R. Ejercito. Produced by Cine Suerte, the film was released in May 1988. Critic

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gave ''Lost Command'' a mildly positive review, expressing that the film largely worked as a vehicle for budding action star Revilla despite being hampered by overly poetic dialogue and incredulously bombastic action scenes. He also gave high praise to the "natural" performance of child actor

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Cast

* Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr. as Lt. Roland Briones *

as Major * Lala Montelibano * Jenny Lyn * Dave Brodett * Baldo Marro * Robert Talabis * Lolit Solis * King Gutierrez * E. R. Ejercito *Edwin Reyes *Ronnie Olivar *Angel Samson *Emil Martin *Janet Bordon *

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*Fred Montilla *Ernie Zarate *Pepito Guerrero *Violy David *Rene Yalung * Chuckie Dreyfuss * Rose Ann Gonzales *

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*Christopher Paloma *Marichelle Hipolito *Robert Ortega *Mary Grace David *Apple Tiatco *Heidi Paloma *Brian Baylon *Barry Baylon * Billy Joe Crawford as David *Genelyn Magsaysay

Production

Actor

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, after starring in the film '' Target: Sparrow Unit'', was originally included among the cast of ''Lost Command''. However, due to a defamatory article he wrote for a magazine on November 20, 1987, about director Ben Yalung and writer

Tony Calvento Antonio Alberto Calvento (February 1, 1954 – October 9, 2017) was a prominent Filipino broadcast journalist and columnist. He was the host of ''Calvento Files'', a crime and investigative documentary show which aired on ABS-CBN (together wit ...

, he was dropped from the project. Genelyn Magsaysay, an 18-year-old actress, met

Bong Revilla Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. (; born Jose Mari Mortel Bautista; September 25, 1966) is a Filipino actor, director, producer, television presenter and politician serving as a Senate of the Philippines, senator since 2019, and previously from ...

's father and her soon-to-be partner Ramon Revilla Sr. during production of ''Lost Command'', and later gave birth to Bong's half-sibling

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Release

''Lost Command'' was released in May 1988.

Critical response

, writing for the ''

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'', gave the film a mildly positive review. He praised the improving acting ability of

, stating that the film's largest achievement is showing his maturation as an action star, while giving high acclaim to child actor

's performance ("He's too much of a natural"). However, Diaz criticized the film's overly poetic dialogue, sappy ending, and far-fetched action scenes, the latter for being too bombastic to be believable ("Thus, you would think that this is now a ''Watari'' or ''

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'' type of film").

Accolades

References

External links

* {{Ben Yalung 1988 films Filipino-language films Films about child abduction Films about terrorism Films set in Davao del Norte Philippine action films