Roadkillers
| Roadkillers | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Genre | |
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| Directed by | Rae Red |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Jose Antonio Buencamino |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Filipino |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Tey Clamor |
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| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 41-42 minutes |
| Production company | Studio Viva |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | 30 November – 7 December 2023 |
Roadkillers is a Philippine action thriller miniseries directed and written by Rae Red, starring Nadine Lustre in the lead role. The show premiered on Amazon Prime Video on November 30, 2023, consisting 4 episodes.[2]
Premise
[edit]An act of desperation turns into a race for survival. Stacey kills a patient to make room for her dying father. Now, she has to pay for the consequences of her crime.
Cast and characters
[edit]Main
[edit]- Nadine Lustre as Stacey[3]
- A resilient woman in her late twenties. With chestnut hair and determined hazel eyes, she's coerced by a stranger into a dark path of theft and murder to save her captive father.
Supporting
[edit]- Jerome Ponce as Marco[2]
- A keen-eyed young man who unwittingly witnesses Stacey's descent into crime. Instead of exposing her misdeeds, he takes an unexpected turn, choosing to kidnap Stacey's father.
- Bodjie Pascua as Renato[2]
- Stacey's father who died from a disease brought on by a relentless pandemic.
- Francis Magundayao as Jairus[2]
- An adopted child of Renato.
- Elia Ilano as Young Stacey[2]
- Allan Paule as Caloy
- Simon Ibarra as Jonas
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "I'm No Angel" | Rae Red | November 30, 2023 | |
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At the height of the pandemic, Stacey finds herself at the hospital desperately seeking medical attention for her father, but the line is very long. She makes a fateful decision - doing the unthinkable just to have her father get a hospital bed. Little does she know someone is watching her every move. | ||||
| 2 | "What Goes Around Comes Around" | Rae Red | November 30, 2023 | |
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Stacey and Jairus seek the help of her father's former boss, the ex-Mayor, but he turns them down. She steals one of the ex-mayor's luxury cars to raise money for the ransom of her dad. When she's about to meet her father's abductor, she sees a familiar face. | ||||
| 3 | "Oil and Water" | Rae Red | December 7, 2023 | |
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Caloy suspects Dolfo, the ex-mayor's henchman, as the guy who hurt him and abducted Stacey's father. Stacey meets one of Dolfo's minions, Marco, who leads her to Dolfo's whereabouts. As Stacey is about to take matters into her own hands, more secrets unravel | ||||
| 4 | "Period" | Rae Red | December 7, 2023 | |
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After a long chase, Stacey ends up at gunpoint with her father's abductor. A single gunshot shatters the silence, leaving one of them wounded, while the other resorts to a desperate act of survival. | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Nadine Lustre returns with new series 'Roadkillers'". Panay News. November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Daily Tribune (November 16, 2023). "Nadine Lustre is savage in new thriller series 'Roadkillers". Daily Tribune (Philippines). Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ ABS-CBN News (November 14, 2023). "Nadine Lustre returns with new series Roadkillers". ABS-CBN. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Roadkillers at IMDb