My Ideas for Arnis Movies
6/23/26
IDEA 1
- 1930's Cebu, a boy is sent to live with relatives in Hawaii after witnessing the killing of his father in Juego Todo (a duel to the death). After the Japanese occupation the young man returns to find that his father's killer has become a notorious gang leader, known for running illegal Juego Todo tournaments in Cebu City's underbelly. The young man, having trained in various styles of Arnis from the diverse Filipino migrant workers in Hawaii, enters the tournament to win the right to face the leader. How far is he willing to go for revenge? And how many will fall in his wake?IDEA 2
- Modern provinces of Cebu, A family's patriarch declares a young man has attained mastery in the family's style of Eskrima, and by extension the sister he'd secretly been training has as well. The young man sets out to establish a school in Manila while the sister is expected to study nursing in Cebu, much to her dismay. When her brother's disappearance sparks an investigation it is revealed that he'd been training enforcers for Triads operating in Manila in order to make ends meet, and build a reputation as a martial artist. Following a distinct clue left to her by her brother, the sister fights her way through Manila's underworld on a mission to find him.IDEA 3
- 1945, a member of the American 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment is fatally injured and separated from his platoon during battle. For his distinct acts of courage, A manggagamot (folk healer) decides to utilize strange magics to bring him back from the dead, stronger and more resiliant than before, his body now decorated in esoteric symbols tattooed across his skin. With his newfound abilities he learns Arnis and fights alongside guerilla fighters to liberate villages from Japanese control across the provinces. News of his heroism attracts the attention of a particulary sadistic Japanese commander, who aims to kill him in order to put down resistance.IDEA 4
- Modern Manila, Tondo slums.