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Ambush (1988)

Ambush poster
Directed by
Francis Posadas
Genre
action
Country
Philippines
Runtime
2h 01m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of soldiers and police hunt down members of an urban guerrilla unit. The film shows firefights and confrontations in the streets.

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What happens

Ambush is a 1988 Filipino action film directed by Francis "Jun" Posadas and written by Jerry O. Tirazona. Starring Ronnie Ricketts, Dick Israel, Sonny Parsons, E.R. Ejercito, Leo Lazaro, Bobby Zshornack, and Beverly Vergel, the story follows an armed struggle between the New People's Army's Sparrow Unit and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Produced by Regent Films, the film was theatrically released on July 13, 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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