Movie Review: Extra Service

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Main Cast:  Arci Munoz, Coleen Garcia, Jessy Mendiola

Director: Chris Martinez

MTRCB Rating: PG

Released by: Star Cinema

" Massage therapists by day and sexy secret agents by night " is the description given to the characters of Arci, Coleen and Jessy who play ex-convicts  Aw, Em and Gee in a sexy comedy movie Extra Service.

After they were granted parole, the burglars Au, Em and Gie work as masseuses in a spa salon but are soon tasked by an organization to retrieve valuable state-owned pearls also known as Perlas ng Silangan that were stolen by a syndicate.

Frankly, the movie is full of crap. Being a sexy comedy movie doesn’t mean it has to be rubbish. Its comedy is painful to watch, so decades ago that even kids will have no reason to appreciate it. Watching it is akin to being dumbed down with one’s permission – to say the least.

For all the trio’s death-defying stunts in pursuit of their mission, they are paid crumbs and it seems okay. The fight scenes are downright funny you’d think they are meant for the laughs because… well, it’s comedy.  

On the first few minutes of the movie’s screen time, one would cringe repeatedly, then have mixed reactions after. It will deeply bother you whether to leave and walk away so as to shorten your ordeal - yet it behooves you to stay because you have to for some reason… like this review.  

No film maker is ever guilt-free of cutting corners for bigger profit – that is okay. But to completely shortchange your audience by selling them something rubbish is like murder of the intellect.  

It would seem that the three sexy and beautiful stars are just there for the come on, ditto with the hunk actors for their abs, to accessorize a badly-written movie whose plot and storyline are seriously flawed.  

Except for the fight scenes, there is nothing really funny in this  movie. If at all, the spa male customers provided the laughs, way funnier than the actors. What is there to expect then? Expect to be loaded with cringe moments - that’s for sure - whether you like it or not.

Indeed, what an AwEmGee!

Extra Service also stars Carmi Martin, Tessie Tomas, Ejay Falcon, Vin Abrenica, Janus Del Prado, Enzo Pineda.