| Mukhang Bungo: Da Coconut Nut | |
| Director: | Felix E. Dalay |
| Story: | Felix E. Dalay |
| Music: | Mon Del Rosario |
| Editing: | Renato de Leon |
| Studio: | Moviestars Production |
| Distributor: | Moviestars Production |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Language: | Filipino |
Mukhang Bungo: Da Coconut Nut is a 1992 Philippine action comedy film written and directed by Felix E. Dalay on his directorial debut. The film stars Redford White, Shiela Ysrael, Willie Revillame, Dindo Arroyo, Berting Labra, Ruben Rustia, Gilda Aragon, Ernie Zarate, Moody Diaz, and Cris Daluz. The film's title is a parody of the 1991 film Markang Bungo: The Bobby Ortega Story, while its subtitle is taken from the song of the same name by Smokey Mountain.[1] Produced by Moviestars Production, the film was released on May 14, 1992.[2]
Critic Justino Dormiendo of the Manila Standard gave the film a negative review, criticizing the film's unfunny slapstick comedy and lack of smart satire for the 1992 Philippine election season.
Boboy Mortega is a stuntman living with his mother and father at the Take It or Leave It Cemetery. After his father is killed by thugs from a drug syndicate for being a police informer, Boboy takes a job as a security guard (colloquially called a "sikyu")[3] and becomes a vigilante. With the help of his fellow policemen and a group of street children, Boboy tries to track down the syndicate as they have taken his father's body.[1]
Phillip Salvador cameos as "the actor".
Mukhang Bungo was released in theaters on May 14, 1992.[1]
Justino Dormiendo of the Manila Standard gave Mukhang Bungo a negative review. He criticized the film's recycled and "mostly unfunny" slapstick comedy, the lack of clever satire for the 1992 Philippine election season, and the absence of "comic charm" among the cast, noting that the latter was usually the case with newer contemporary comedians in the Philippines. Dormiendo was also critical of White being "devoid of a strong comic persona that is most essential to the role", while adding that Berting Labra and Willie Revillame have no chemistry together in playing the patrolmen Ramos and Mitra respectively.[1]