Kusina Kings

Kusina Kings
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVictor Kaiba Villanueva
Screenplay by
  • Victor Kaiba Villanueva
  • Joma Labayen
  • Jeps Gallon
Story by
  • Enrico C. Santos
  • Victor Kaiba Villanueva
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRuel Antipuesto
Edited byBeng Bandong
Music byAmmie Ruth Suarez
Production
company
Distributed byStar Cinema
Release date
  • July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) (Philippines)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryPhilippines
LanguageFilipino
Box office₱20 million[1]

Kusina Kings is a Philippine comedy film written and directed by Victor Kaiba Villanueva with the film producer Carlo Katigbak the current president of ABS-CBN Corporation.[2] The film starred Zanjoe Marudo and Empoy Marquez, and was released by Star Cinema in the Philippines on July 25, 2018.[3]

Cast

Plot

Two best friends enter a cook off challenge to save their restaurant. Zanjoe Marudo as Ronnie and chef restaurateur Empoy Marquez as Benjie have been best friends since high school. When Benjie decided to put up his own restaurant La Luna Sa Hungry, Ronnie has never left his side especially now that Benjie has joined in the shady "Kusina King Challenge" to save the restaurant. Benjie and Ronnie have a falling out when Ronnie has wrongly given Benjie's startup money for the challenge to a scammer. Things then go out of proportion with Ronnie accidentally placing Benjie in a coma.[4][5] Ronnie was the only person was able to see Benjie as ghost while he's in a coma...

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References

  1. ^ "Kusina Kings Box Office Gross". Pep.ph. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "'Kusina Kings' pays homage to Pinoy 90s comedy". Rappler. July 21, 2018. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "WATCH: Zanjoe, Empoy cook up laughs in 'Kusina Kings' trailer". ABS-CBN News. July 10, 2018. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "'Kusina Kings' is Uneven, but Uncommonly Funny". Rogue. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Kusina Kings summary". IMDB. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "'Kusina Kings' review". Rappler. July 29, 2018. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.