High Denzity

WE saw the preview of “Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat” and the question asked by most writers after seeing it is: so who’s the best comedienne among Rufa Mae Quinto, Candy Pangilinan, Eugene Domingo and Pokwang?

Personally, we think it’s Eugene and Pokwang as they really succeeded in making us laugh out loud. Eugene’s best scene was the spoof of “Bona” where she did a Nora Aunor as an adoring fan to Christian Vasquez. The climactic scene where she pours boiling water on Christian after seeing him romancing another woman is intentionally overextended. She ends up chasing the naked Christian in the highway and the water from the kettle she’s holding never seems to run out.

Pokwang’s most hilarious scene shows her as a dancing traffic enforcer at the corner of Timog Ave. and EDSA (which is GMA-7 territory as it’s full of ads of their shows while Pokwang and the film’s director, Wenn Deramas, is from ABS-CBN). While she’s performing her job, a man who’s passing by starts dancing with her and even does the split. We’re sure you’ll have a good time, too, when you watch this nutty sequence.

The prologue showing the four comediennes spoofing various scenes from history, from the time of Cleopatra and Gabriela Silang to Evita and Hitler, is done with wit and verve (including the death scene of Gabriela that’s a parody of “300”). The scene in Hong Kong where the four of them practice a dance number involving paper fans is also very funny. There are many other uproarious scenes but it’s a pity that some parts also drag and they cannot sustain the craziness all throughout the movie. The biggest joke is Candy being dead and her three friends try to pass her off as someone alive, ala-”Weekend at Bernie’s” that has previously been imitated by “Nasaan si Francis” with Epy Quizon as the dead man.

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