Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

RealChristian14 Cesar Montano is probably the best Filipino actor I have ever seen in after I have seen numerous Filipino films.One that I like is about the Philippines' national hero "Jose Rizal".Too bad that I felt truly disappointed upon seeing him involved in this Filipino film entitled "Ligalig" (English translation: Anxiety). I felt that he truly has somewhat downgraded his career particularly being a director being involved in an imitation to a French horror film "Haute Tension".Too bad that I have seen "Haute Tension" and what is worse is the fact that almost every scene in this film was adapted from the French original from its rural setting,the double personality of the main character that happens to be a taxi driver and the killer,the killings that have transpired, the "masturbation" scene,the objective of the killings which is obviously romantic and a lot more.What's worse is the fact that it made fools of its viewers as the dialogues that have transpired were both silly and childish.Do I need to even mention the poorly done special effects?Anyone familiar with the French film will definitely see a Filipino version it.A very poor version that is.Skip it at all cost.

Marian20 I was in the public library and it led me to this particular DVD called "Ligalig".It was a multi-awarded film in the Philippines.I decided to borrow it to see whether it was really a good film.After viewing it,there is only one thing I could say about it. To put it in words,"Ligalig is definitely High Tension". Not in the sense that the movie is filled with suspense and tension but rather due to the fact that it was an imitation of the French film,"Haute Tension" which is also known as "High Tension",for majority of the movie.The story involves a taxi driver named Junior.He is taking her girlfriend Trixie on his taxi together with their fellow friend.We have Junior and Trixie as the main characters instead of having Marie and Alex.A mysterious killer appears named Damian,who slashes people's head.We have Damian riding an old car instead of having an unknown killer riding a truck.When Junior visits Trixie's family,a number of murders take place.Damian kills all member of Trixie's family just like the killer murders all members of Alex's family. As the story progresses,the viewers will be surprised to see Junior is seen performing the killings and has Trixie in captive just as the viewers were surprised when Marie is seen murdering people and has Alex in captive.Then the conclusion has Junior professing his love of Trixie just as Marie is towards Alex.The final scene is somewhat different with Junior getting killed when Trixie tries to escape while Marie locked up in a psychiatric hospital with Alex looking on a window.This Filipino movie as a complete imitation of the French movie as I have previously stated.Most of the scenes from the latter was added to that former.Unfortunately,it does not match the suspense filled French version.What's worse,the viewer is exposed to poorly handled special effects.Except for the great performance of Cesar Montano,there is nothing really positive that could be said in it except possibly the guts and courage that the filmmakers have in producing another version of the suspense-filled movie that many people are still talking,discussing and debating about until now.

Desertman84 I have been watching Filipino films for this month when the year started being a fan of international films.The good films I have seen are "Manila By Night" a.k.a "City At Dark","Oro, Plata,Mata","Segurista","Heneral Luna","El Presidente" and "Bonifacio:Unang Pangulo". All of them just this month while this review is being written.Then surprisingly,I get to see an awkwardly interesting film "Ligalig"."Ligalig" a.k.a "Anxiety" is starred,written and directed by talented Filipino actor,Cesar Montano.He co-stars with Sunshine Cruz,Celia Rodgriguez,Johnny Delgado and John Regala.No question that the film was a homage to the French Film that starred Cecille De France and directed by Alexandre Aja entitled "Haut Tension" a.k.a "High Tension"To recall the story,murders are taking place in a place in the Philippines.We get to meet a taxi driver named Junior and his girlfriend Trixie.When they visit the family,Junior meets the weird family of his girlfriend.Then a family is murdered by a person named Damian,who is dressed as a Metrocom officer.Junior tries to stop Damian from committing more crimes and tries to save Trixie,who was taken as a hostage.Junior comes close to being successful at taking Damian into custody.Then things in the movie began to become awkward as nothing is what it seems.Familiarly,we are reminded of the French film if you were lucky to have seen it just like in almost all parts of the movie with respect to mood,elements of story and plot twist.What really makes it bad is the comedic and melodramatic elements of some scenes that were included in Ligalig.They were obviously out of place in a homage film like this.The comedic scenes only made some of the characters look impertinent and silly.As for the melodramatics, it only made the viewer get introduced to some unwanted and out-of- place elements.Had this been eliminated,it would have been a better film.More violence and less conversations would have made it better.Unfortunately,the presence of comedic and melodramatic scenes turned it into a parody unnecessarily rather than a purely homage or better yet a Filipino version of the French film.Sad but true.Also worthy of mention is the use of stylish overdrive was very much excessive.Some were definitely far from being subtle as viewers can see these special effects being used.Here's hoping that the filmmakers should learn to use them wisely the next time around.Cesar Montano should learn not to combine these elements in the future should he direct and write another screenplay for a violent and horror film like these mentioned to become a better director.

marie I saw the trailer for this movie and it was enthralling and looked like the greatest thriller of 2006. Sad to say, it is a great disappointment for me.The movie starts with a hyper-extended sex scene (complete with audio) which I did not find relevant to the plot of the story (except for the fact that the woman in the scene was the prostitute acquainted to Cesar Montano's character, Junior, who was murdered). I mean, why the full-blown sex scene? What happened to "fade-outs"? The rating was only R-13! I assume that this is something to lure men to catch the movie. It's something to boast about for them, isn't it? ("Hey, this movie is steamy! Go see it!")The second thing I noticed was the use (or misuse thereof) of green/blue screens. Cesar plays a taxi driver in the movie. The problem was that the scenery around him was so so evidently unrealistic. You could see where his taxi ended and where the CGI magic began without subtlety. Most movies have their cameras switching one or two angles every now and then, while this movie kept going 360 degrees round and round over and over. It made me quite dizzy.The third thing was that almost everyone in the movie smoked like chimneys. Again, what relevance to the story? The ending was the biggest bummer. It was a rip-off of Secret Window. Need I say more? I left the theater irritated. One good thing: The makers of this movie know their trailers. It's really deceiving. They should stick to strictly trailers. Leave the actual movies alone. Please.