General Luna was an all-out action movie about Antonio Luna, the most dynamic figure of the Philippine revolution who succeeded Emilio Aguinaldo. It depicted Luna as a skilled military leader who won battles against superior American forces unlike Bonifacio and Aguinaldo. The movie aimed to portray Luna not as a loser but as an "action man" and show he was a victim of the shallow personalities that comprised the Philippine government at the time.
General Luna was an all-out action movie about Antonio Luna, the most dynamic figure of the Philippine revolution who succeeded Emilio Aguinaldo. It depicted Luna as a skilled military leader who won battles against superior American forces unlike Bonifacio and Aguinaldo. The movie aimed to portray Luna not as a loser but as an "action man" and show he was a victim of the shallow personalities that comprised the Philippine government at the time.
General Luna was an all-out action movie about Antonio Luna, the most dynamic figure of the Philippine revolution who succeeded Emilio Aguinaldo. It depicted Luna as a skilled military leader who won battles against superior American forces unlike Bonifacio and Aguinaldo. The movie aimed to portray Luna not as a loser but as an "action man" and show he was a victim of the shallow personalities that comprised the Philippine government at the time.
Financed by a group led by businessman Fernando Ortigas The opening scene has Luna boasting that his master painter brother Juan who else, had helped him design the uniform of Nascent Philippine Army Helped that the subject matter is “action man” He won battles against the vastly superior Americans and was not a loser, unlike Bonifacio and Aguinaldo An action movie with significant content Atonio Luna appears the hapless victim of the shallow personality orientation of much Philippine Government