Based on real events, the film was produced by First Films and was released on June 24, 1992, as part of the revived Manila Film Festival, winning the award for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress.[3] Despite this, critic Justino Dormiendo criticized the film as a routine Filipino action film, and considered its "superhuman" depiction of Cordora to be the "depth of idiocy".
Cast
Eddie Garcia portrays the role of Gaudencio "Boy" M. Cordora
Preparations for Cordora lasted six months, with screenwriter-actor Tony Tacorda researching into Gaudencio Cordora's life.[2]
Casting
Tessie Tomas, a comedian and actress mostly known for her imitations of Imelda Marcos, was cast in Cordoraagainst type in a dramatic role as the wife of Gaudencio Cordora.[4][1]
Filming
Principal photography took place over four months.[2]
Critical response
Justino Dormiendo, writing for the Manila Standard, gave Cordora a negative review. He criticized the film's screenplay and direction, noting that the storytelling offered nothing new for the action genre, "content as it is with the usual intramurals of bloody confrontations, domestic feuds and the law enforcer's death-defying feats". Dormiendo was also critical of the film's "superhuman" depiction of Cordora, stating that him surviving numerous gunshots to his body is "the depth of idiocy." For the actors, he was disappointed with Eddie Garcia's exaggerated acting and Tessie Tomas' "hardly believable" character, and expressed that with the exception of Roy Alvarez as the "gutsy" leader of the New People's Army, the supporting actors were the typical victims and villains of action films.[3]
^ abc"Movie Tribute To Pasay Cop". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. June 24, 1992. p. 22. Retrieved November 3, 2020. ... more than P13 million of investment went into the making of Cordora...
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