Cinemagoers were already hyped about the rivalry between the two movies created by directors Joel Lamangan and Darryl Yap.
It can be recalled that Joel Lamangan created ‘Oras de Peligro,’ a historical drama movie about social injustices that happened days before the People Power Revolution that ended the term of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
Meanwhile, Yap also made another historical drama movie about the rivalry between the Aquino and Marcos family after the success of Maid in Malacanang.
Coincidentally, the two movies were set to be shown on March 1, 2023.
During the press conference of Oras de Peligro, Lamangan said that Yap intended to match the showing date of his movie because the VIVA director wanted to counter the truth.
“Sila tumatapat, hindi kami. Ibig sabihin, napakaimportante ng pelikulang ito kaya nila tinatapatan. At takot sila.” Lamangan said.
Lamangan also said that Yap wanted to hide the truth from the public.
“Dahil ang ginagawa nila ay gusto nilang pagtakpan ang katotohanan. Ang katotohanan na ang mga Pilipino ang nagpatalsik kay Marcos sa Malacañang. Yun ang katotohanan, at igalang natin ang kasaysayan. Yun ang kasaysayan! Hindi dapat tayo padala sa melodrama ng awa sa kanila na sila ang pinalayas, sila ang parang ginawang kung anu-ano lang.” the veteran director said.
“Dapat tayo ay magbantay, nang hindi tayo pumayag na baguhin nila ang kasaysayan,” he added.
In his post, Yap reacted to the press conference about Lamangan’s movie asking why he was being discussed there even if he’s not part of the project.
“Bakit po sila nagpapapresscon kung ako lang naman yung topic? di ba nila alam na may group chat naman?” the director said.