Slingshot
2008, Tagalog. Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza.
A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Tagalog
- Rated
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- Released
- 2 July 2008
- Original title
- Tirador
- Country
- Philippines
- Written by
- Ralston Jover
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Slingshot runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Slingshot isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 July 2008. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Slingshot?
If you liked Slingshot, try The Parts You Lose, Run, King Ivory.
Who directed Slingshot?
Slingshot (2008) was directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza and stars Jiro Manio, Coco Martin, Kristoffer King.