“General Luna, you may be a military genius, but you do not understand politics,” one of those skeptics whines. ![]() ![]() ![]() This war is in your hands.”) Cue the sweeping orchestral music.īattles are waged, speeches are made and foreign enemies soon become the least of Luna’s problems: Bureaucrats, cowards and other homegrown spoilsports continually try to sabotage his unconventional plans. Early in the story he’s given command of the military. But really, when a film works this hard to rouse you, there’s no shame in just giving in.Ī patriotic biopic that veers toward propaganda, “Heneral Luna” is about Antonio Luna, who in the late 1800s led the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War. ![]() I’m only a little embarrassed at liking “ Heneral Luna,” an audaciously manipulative movie that’s more involving than it should be.
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