TRIBU (Jim Libiran)

Sex, Drugs and Violence, thats what rules in downtown tondo, search for power, and claiming their own territories, thats what gangs or tribes set in mind, to be known as the best.

Tribu by Jim Libiran is set on downtown tondo, a place where drug dealers,snatchers,hold-uppers and alikes are scattered. a miserable place full of violence. a place were GANGS or TRIBES set to battle for supremacy.

The film shows the typical gangster life, but some of the scenes in this movie is not somewhat realistic, I live in tondo, i even saw some gang wars, and how Jim Libiran shows the gangwar makes me say "Hindi naman ganun yun eh!".
like the scene where the two gangs meet and just point guns and their weapons. in reality when a gang went to the so-called territory of the opponent, no questions asked, you'll just hear the shot of guns and scream for help.

But the rest is really true, like the "sarap o hirap" thing when joining a gang, the drug dilemma and the likes.

But i love the acting of the actors, it's so natural, and they didn't follow the original script, they made they're own script and freestyle rap. and the story really based on the reality - how tondo life really is

To sum-up tribu really deserves the 2 titles it gathered at the cinemalaya 2007