| Sgt. Ernesto 'Boy' Ybañez: Tirtir Gang | |
| Director: | Willy Milan |
| Music: | Willy Yusi |
| Cinematography: | Ver Dauz |
| Editing: | Pat Ramos |
| Studio: | Double M Films EG Productions |
| Distributor: | Double M Films |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Language: | Filipino |
Sgt. Ernesto 'Boy' Ybañez: Tirtir Gang, or simply Tirtir Gang, is a 1988 Philippine action film co-written and directed by Willy Milan. The film stars Sonny Parsons as the titular character. Produced by Double M Films International, the film was released on July 28, 1988.
Critic Lav Diaz gave Tirtir Gang a negative review, criticizing its confusing characterizations and implausible action scenes which undercuts its assertion of being based on true events.
Tirtir Gang was released on July 28, 1988.[1] [2]
Lav Diaz, writing for the Manila Standard, gave Tirtir Gang a negative review. He criticized the film's confusing depiction of its characters, highlighting the main character Ybañez as being depicted a good man but is shown throughout the story hanging around his criminal friends, neglecting his family, and committing adultery with a hostess, resulting in an unconvincing film. Diaz also noted that because the film is based on a true story, the excessive action scenes and the implausible depiction of a tactically poor Sparrow Unit, a revolutionary group of the New People's Army, negatively underscores the artistic liberties taken by the film.[3]