The Kingdom: Dullness wrapped in a gilded reimagination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-KjeepAaM A STAR-STUDDED cast's rich characterization, coupled with an extravagant display of the country’s precolonial traditions, might have helped The Kingdom to emerge as the second best film in the 50th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). However, its incorporation of rich precolonial traditions could be nothing but a front to…