Butchered
Seen it?2009 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Nightcrawler or The Place Beyond the Pines, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 45 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then soon realizes that this job involves killing a woman.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
75% on Rotten Tomatoes, 57 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 16K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza
- Coco MartinPeping
- Ping MedinaBong
- Jhong HilarioAbyong
- Maria Isabel LopezMadonna
- Julio DíazKap (Vic)
- John RegalaSarge
- Mark MeilyCriminology Professor
- Mercedes CabralCecille
- Allan PauleLeo
- Susan AfricaSocorro