Here is the movie's synopsis:
Vice Ganda takes up the role of Benjamin Santos XIII whose lineage has a long tradition of serving the Philippine military. The movie's surprising opening goes back to the Santos's service in the military, from the time of the great Visayan hero, Lapu-lapu, and the Katipunan, up to the present times. The conflict begins when Benjamin XI, Vice's grandfather which was acted out by Mr. Eddie Garcia, finds out that his grandson cannot continue the tradition because he is gay. But when the grandfather is subdued by terrorists, Benjamin XIII enters the military service, in place of his father, and gathers all of his manly strength to save his dear grandfather.
Basically, the movie depicts the outcasts of society (a gay man, a coward, a lesbian, an idiot, a nerd, an obese, a crazy person, and a nobody) and shows us, in the movie, that even such a person can be a hero.
The movie was mostly funny, but in my opinion, the funny parts did not come out naturally. The plot was also simple and followed the usual Filipino mainstream comedy. It was also very Mulan-like (e.g. Benjamin joined the army in place of his father, a scene where he tries to cut his long hair, etc.). What I did not like about the movie were the weird and illogical scenes (e.g. the scene where he saved his grandfather by getting in the way of a speeding bullet but he somehow lived even without medical attention because one of his
colleagues tried to do CPR on him instead of their hotshot Captain).
It also has a little bit of drama where Benjamin was discovered in the military training that he was gay and people began to discriminate him, but pretty much that's it.
This is the movie's poster:
All in all, this is my rating: 1.9 out of 5 stars.
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