I decided to do that in the first movie, as a nod to comic books. Why did you decide to set the setting in a make-believe town called Fogtown? We shot in record heat for outdoor scenes that were supposed to take place in Fogtown! Aside from the financial ones typical of any independent film, the biggest challenge was the weather. The city mayor and councilmen all supported our project as well as my alma mater, Jefferson High School. “Lumpia with a Vengeance” was mostly shot in my hometown of Daly City, California and they welcomed us with open arms.
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Where did you film the movie and what challenges did you encounter? So please help #finishthatlumpia ! To get more info go check out, #lumpiawithavengeance #markmunoz #dannytrejo #lumpiawreckingmachine #kuya #gpilare26Ī post shared by LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE on at 11:26am PDT
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Full trailer LINK IN BIO ****** Glad I get to share one of the latest projects I've been working on! It was a great experience to meet Mark Muñoz and seeing his excitement working on this film.
#Repost drew all the amazing art in our Movie trailer! Give him some love and follow him. We use lumpia in ways you never thought you could use them in the new movie!
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With “Lumpia 2,” it just gave me more free rein to explore not only what lumpia means to our culture, but tap into my corny humor as a 16-year-old teenager.
I realized the power of representation, rewrote the end of “Lumpia,” finished shooting it, and premiered it in 2003. In the seven years it took to finish that original movie (between 19), I had graduated USC Film School, joined “The Debut” as a producer, and toured cross-country, meeting pockets of Filipinos all over the US. “Lumpia” became more than just a B-movie in my mind. At some point when we stopped shooting (never finished the movie that summer), I started thinking more about what I was trying to say with this movie. It felt like the corniest and wackiest idea ever, a concept perfect to shoot a homemade action movie with my neighborhood friends that summer. I just took that idea and ran away with it. He joked we should do a Filipino version of that character and the best we could think of was a guy wearing a barong, who throws lumpia like a ninja star. What is the genesis of this project of using lumpia? It seems that it is being used as a weapon?Īs teens, my younger brother Dar and I were fans of the movie “El Mariachi” by Robert Rodriquez. The drama and celebration of raising over $10,000 in the last three hours of Kickstarter, when we were down was like winning the Super Bowl in the final seconds. It happened on our last day of Kickstarter. I also wanted to test the temperature out there: Was there still an appetite for Filipino American movies? I was fortunate enough to see the phenomenon of “The Debut” nationwide when we toured and drove cross-country as an associate producer, and I wanted to feel that community excitement again! It didn't start out as one but “Lumpia 2” (now called “Lumpia with a Vengeance”) became a passion project, because our supporters greenlit the project through Kickstarter seven years ago.īack in 2013, we wanted to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original homemade movie and Kickstarter gave us an opportunity to see if there was any interest or demand. You wrote, directed, edited, produced "Lumpia." Why did you decide to make a sequel and why did it take so long? Watch writer/director, Patricio Ginelsa tell more and follow our journey in turning this #project into a reality! - #Filipino #Filipinofood #lumpia #LoveThatLumpia #kidheroes #movie #FilipinoMovie #MarkMunoz ?Ī post shared by LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE on at 12:04pm PDT It's a community event that everyone can get behind. What is #LumpiaMovie? It's more than just an action-comedy with Asian-American actors and director, a sequel, and a passion project. Patricio Ginelsa (Director, writer, producer) We were able to talk to director-writer-producer Patricio Ginelsa as well as his lead actress April Absynth who portrays Rachel and the lead action star, Mark Munoz, a former UFC Fighter, who portrays Kuya.īelow are our interviews with the “Lumpia” gang whom we interviewed via email.
The sequel even has Danny Trejo - uh huh of Breaking Bad fame - to its billing! In the sequel, the lumpia-armed hero - aka Silent Avenger/Kuya - reappears in Fogtown and teams up with high school student Rachel to prevent a mysterious crime syndicate from destroying their town and her parents’ dream wedding.
That is exactly what the original “Lumpia” movie did in 2003, and because of the warm reception it received - Variety magazine called it a movie that takes "low budget to new heights" - filmmaker Patricio Ginelsa decided to do a sequel. Los Angeles - Whoever heard of using our popular egg roll - that's lumpia for you, me, and Cardi B - as a “weapon” against bullying?!
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