Pabuya (2023)

Inspired by Hong Kong cinema and Martin Scorsese, this Vivamax action flick follows Pepe (Diego Loyzaga), the head of a gang that’s been trying to fend off a rival group infiltrating their territory under the leadership of Jojo (Felix Roco). To settle things once and for all, big boss Lito (Bor Ocampo) proposes a weapons-free rumble, but during the fight Jojo’s man Ray (Marco Gomez) takes out a knife and Pepe kills him with it. It turns out Ray was actually an undercover cop, so now Pepe has both Jojo’s gang and the police coming after him for revenge. When a huge amount of cash gets offered for his capture, his own gang and even his girlfriend Maricar (Jela Cuenca) turn on him, so now the only person Pepe thinks he can trust is his sweet-as-pie former lover, Bella (Franki Russell). But then Bella’s pregnant sister (Jean Kiley) gets wind of the reward and tries to convince Bella to betray Pepe. Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of time for many of those patented Vivamax soft core scenes during all this. Jela goes topless three times, Sheila Snow and Aivy Rodriguez pop in for a random threesome, and nudecomer Franki Russell brings out her boobs and buns for the first time. But the MVP is Andrea Garcia, who strips down all the way for some BDSM sex. Pabuya translates to “reward” and it definitely feels like we’re being rewarded!