![]() Eddie Garcia has that easy-going style that made him a popular character actor. Again as in his two previous films, the strong supporting cast does more memorable work than the lead. He is lucky that the over-all quality of this film and how technically meticulous it was somehow makes up for his deficiency as lead star. He also has a rather unrealistic style of acting which tends to go over- the-top. He does not really project well as an action star because of his benign visage and un-athletic physique. As from his previous MMFF entries, the problem with the films of Gov. Dante Sagalongos (Eddie Garcia) and a feisty sexy dancer in distress Marla De Guzman (KC Concepcion) behind him, Boy Golden plots and executes his revenge on Razon, but not without his own losses. After his arrest and eventual release, now sporting the monicker Boy Golden, he is hot on the trail of the rival gang leader Tony Razon (John Estrada) who was responsible for his incarceration and the rape/murder of his sister Baby. Porcuna, alias Anino, was the head of the notorious Bahala Na Gang. "Boy Golden" is the story of a real-life gangster from the 1960s named Arturo Porcuna. ![]() Rono (who simply wowed me with his last work "Badil"), I decided to give it a chance. But when I saw that this was directed by no less than Chito S. When I first saw the poster of "Boy Golden" with lead actor Jeorge ER Ejercito sporting that ridiculously fake-looking facial mustache and beard, it actually discouraged me from watching this. ![]()
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