Trip Ubusan: The Lolas vs. Zombies

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Trip Ubusan: The Lolas vs. Zombies
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mark A. Reyes
Starring
Production
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Distributed by GMA Pictures
Release date
  • November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22)
Country Philippines
Language Filipino
Budget₱70million
Box office₱70 million[ citation needed ]

Trip Ubusan: The Lolas vs. Zombies is a 2017 Filipino zombie comedy film directed by Mark A. Reyes, starring Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, and Paolo Ballesteros. [1] It is a spin-off film of the Kalyeserye segment of Eat Bulaga! , a Philippine variety show. The film's name is a play on the title of the 2016 South Korean film Train to Busan and the 2009 tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies . It is under the production of M-Zet Productions, to be part of APT Entertainment, and was released in Philippine cinemas on November 22, 2017. The movie was distributed by GMA Network. [2]

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Plot

At a restaurant, a man consumes crispy pata made from organic pork and begins exhibiting zombie-like symptoms before reanimating and infecting other patrons, starting an outbreak.

The Lolas arrange a home camping session for the grandchild Charmaine for her ninth birthday. Charmaine invites their neighbor Ivy to the event, only to be chased back home by the zombified latter, who is killed by the Lolas unaware of the unfolding outbreak. Fleeing to their private air field, the Lolas and Charmaine stop at a gas station to buy supplies, only to be caught up in another zombie outbreak. In the confusion, Charmaine is separated and ends up in the company of teenage couples Aladin and Irish and Cath and Will, as well as Aladin's sister Marcy, who is an expert on zombies, their friend Melo, an arrogant woman named Eva, and Loid, an escaped prisoner who poses as a jail guard. The group manages to escape aboard a tour bus driven by Jordan and his assistant Abe. The Lolas are inadvertently left behind, but manage to catch up after finding a motorcycle.

As the tour bus passengers learn more about the zombie outbreak over the news, they make a stopover at an abandoned mechanic shop to "zombie-proof" their vehicle. That night, Melo, who had consumed infected pork, reanimates inside the bus and attacks Irish before being killed by Loid with a gunshot to the heart, while Will and Aladin alert the group to a hoard of approaching zombies. In the chaos, Cathy tries to rescue Will, but is pushed off the bus by Eva. The Lolas arrive and finish off the zombies before they can overwhelm the bus. They celebrate as they are reunited with Charmaine, but are saddened and forced to leave after Will and Cathy reappear as zombies.

The Lolas tell Jordan to go to their private airport and search for their aircraft, but find the place overrun by zombies. As they try to find another way in, the zombies are alerted to their presence by Eva's ringing phone and attack the group. Loid and Aladin rescue them, but Lola Nidora is bitten, which she initially tries to conceal until Eva, who sees Charmaine tending to her wound, forces her to admit the truth. Despite Eva's demands to remove Nidora from the bus, the rest of the group votes against it, noting that the extent of her injuries is not immediate.

The group instead decides to go to a safe zone controlled by the military. At a checkpoint, the Lolas feign Nidora's infection to be a stroke to avoid an inspection, but Loid's true identity is discovered, leading to his arrest. The group expresses its appreciation to Loid for their help, while Loid reciprocates before being led away. The soldiers tell them to go to an extraction point where they would be taken by boat to a safe location, but as Jordan parks the bus, a horde of zombies attack, leading to the group splitting apart. Jordan is bitten and retreats with Abe inside the bus before confessing his feelings for her and stabbing himself in the heart to avoid reanimating. Aladin and Irish end up trapped in an abandoned building, with Irish consoling Aladin as he nurses a bite, which he later realizes was an injury from broken glass. Eva and Marcy reach the extraction point, but Eva, seeing her reanimated husband, leaves and lets herself be bitten by him. The Lolas and Charmaine subsequently arrive after narrowly escaping the zombie horde and landmine explosions before setting off on the rescue boat. Realizing that her injuries are now too severe, Nidora jumps off into the sea, to Charmaine and the other Lolas' grief.

At the safe zone, Charmaine and the surviving Lolas are reunited with Marcy, Irish and Aladin. To their surprise, Nidora shows up, her infection having been cured after falling into seawater. Charmaine then receives a call from her mother, who reassures her of their condition.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Extended cast

Special participation

Production

The principal photography of Trip Ubusan took 30 days and the production studio behind the film, APT Entertainment had to adjust the filming schedule to accommodate actors Paolo Ballesteros, Wally Bayola, and Jose Manalo's busy schedule. The film was reportedly inspired from the Korean horror film Train to Busan and described as a horror comedy film but it was advertised as featuring aspects of soap opera or drama. [2]

Release

Trip Ubusan opened on November 22, 2017 in almost 200 cinemas nationwide. [3] [ better source needed ] The film had box office gross of more than ₱70 million. [4]

Reception

Trip Ubusan received an A rating from the Cinema Evaluation Board. It received rather positive reviews. [5] [6] [7] A review for Rappler , however, found that "The film itself is as muddled as its title, with Reyes switching from comedy to romance to action to horror in the crudest of ways." [8]

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References

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  3. ↑ Trip Ubusan: The Lolas vs Zombies (2017) - IMDb , retrieved July 17, 2019
  4. ↑ "JoWaPao may partisipasyon sa Meant…" [JoWaPao had participation in Meant [to Beh]...]. Philippine Star (in Tagalog and English). Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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