Shake, Rattle and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion (simply known as Shake, Rattle and Roll XIV or Shake, Rattle and Roll 14) is a 2012 Filipino science fiction horror anthology film directed by Chito S. Roño, and the fourteenth installment of the Shake, Rattle & Roll film series. The film stars an ensemble cast including Dennis Trillo, Lovi Poe, Janice de Belen, Herbert Bautista, Paulo Avelino, Martin Escudero and Vhong Navarro.
The film was produced by Regal Entertainment and Regal Multimedia, Inc. The film is an official entry to the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival. The film also serves as the Most Independent throughout the entire series for its sole director, Chito S. Roño.
The film features the return of Janice de Belen and Herbert Bautista, both of which starred in past Shake, Rattle and Roll installments.
Synopsis[]
Pamana[]
Four cousins: an emigrant, narcissistic Myra (Janice de Belen), eloquent Faye (Arlene Muhlach) and former clergyman Donald (Herbert Bautista) gather in their late uncle's house to get their inheritance of 5 million pesos each. Their uncle's butler told them if one of them dies within a month, his/her inheritance goes to the others. Each of them were given the responsibility of taking care of a comic book written by their uncle. The cousins show no interest to their comic books, except Donald, and throw it away. Meanwhile, their emigrant cousin was killed by Filomena, a malakat from one of his uncle's comics.
They return to their uncle's house only to find out the butler had died. At the strike of midnight, the characters in the comics came to life. Donald, with help from Rosalda, a ghostly pianist, had discovered there was an even stronger character, Buboy ang Munting Diablo. Buboy kills them one by one.
When morning came, it was only Myra and her daughter, Gladys, who survived. They rushed out of the house. When they got into a taxi, Myra's stepson, Filemon, follows and gives Myra four checks worth 5 million pesos each. It was actually Buboy who had impersonated Filemon and gave her the checks. As they leave, the taxi driver activates his cab's sound system to news broadcasts as nearby residents do the same on their own radios wherein they hear a reporter announcing the imminent arrival of the plane carrying Benigno Aquino, Jr.
Lost Command[]
Members of the Philippine Army's Special Unit 21 led by 1Lt. Bert Garces (Rommel Padilla) and MSgt. Martin Barrientos (Dennis Trillo) are sent on a mission to counter insurgencies in the remote jungles of Mindanao perpetrated by a certain Kapitan Baltog, leader of a lost command squad now known as Alsa Puersa.
Following the insurgents' trail, the group goes to Barangay Pototan where Barrientos meets Bunag (Makisig Morales), a local who claims "undead soldiers" were "recruiting" his father. An unexpected encounter leaves a third of the platoon missing including Garces as the insurgents abducted them. Barrientos decides to rescue Garces and the others, despite Corp. Upaon's (Paulo Avelino) suggestion to notify base and get back-up. Bunag volunteers to become the group's guide.
The group later encounters the blind Linda (Ella Cruz) in the forest and offers to lead them to her father, leader of a group fighting what she confirms to be zombies. Upaon voices his doubts, and could neither radio base nor convince Barrientos to go back. 1Pvt. Conde (Martin Escudero), meanwhile, voices his support of Barrientos' decision not to abandon their teammates so they push on ahead to a part of the forest that not even Bunag was familiar with.
Linda's father (Ronnie Lazaro) turns out to be a zombie, and has been using his daughter to bring in the unsuspecting new "recruits". An undead Garces shows up, revealing he has retained his intellect and urges the remaining soldiers to join the "new army". Barrientos and his men put up a gallant but short-lived stand causing them to become captives.
Upaon finally manages to radio for back-up before being dragged away by a zombie as Barrientos regains consciousness and meets a zombified vigilante named Col. Rolando Palma (Roi Vinzon), revealing himself to be Kapitan Baltog. He formed the Alsa Puersa, aiming to replace the current army starting with the zombified Special Unit 21. Palma also explains he was zombified somehow due to tainted food provisions. Refusing to accept defeat after being surrounded by the undead, Barrientos manages to rescue Upaon after detonating a nearby cache. However, he is forced to euthanize Upaon who has begun to change after being forced to consume tainted meat.
Meanwhile, Conde narrowly escapes his zombified platoon and finds Barrientos. The two try to escape but get separated along the way. Conde ends up encountering a soldier who can seemingly change into a normal human, and the outcome is left unknown. Barrientos, on the other hand, encounters Linda's father who offers to help him escape in exchange for getting Linda out of the forest. He explains the zombies are somehow unable to cross bodies of water, so he pushes Barrientos into a nearby river before being mauled by the zombified soldiers. Barrientos is found and rescued by an Army helicopter due to Upaon's earlier distress call.
As Barrientos recuperates in a military hospital ward, the nurse informs him that he is not the only survivor of his unit. Garces and Upaon are seen in the beds next to his, revealing that they too can morph. The ending scene shows a zombified soldier attacking a nurse.
Unwanted[]
Deleted Scene
Hank (Vhong Navarro) and his pregnant girlfriend Kate (Lovi Poe) goes to SM Mall of Asia to retrieve their gift for their parents to announce their engagement. Hank leaves Kate outside the gift shop to get their gift. As Hank began to retrieve his gift, a sudden explosion shakes and destroys the mall.
Hank soon finds himself trapped in the mall's wreckage along with other survivors: Neil, Tom, and his niece Ming. Hank is worried about Kate being separated and due to the fact that she's pregnant. The four survivors begin to search for other survivors but they encounter something strange.
After encountering an electric eel-like alien electrocuting anything on its path, they begin to speculate that a colony of sea creature-like aliens caused the explosion. Soon after, they encounter a lobster-like alien, which kills Neil.
The trio begin to make their way through the wreckage, and after some time, finds Kate, injured and traumatized by what she saw earlier. Ming then hears many survivors in the corner. When a survivor runs towards them, he tells them an unknown alien is chasing him. The survivor then flees. Then the alien appears. Tom tries to fight it off, but is killed when the head of the alien jumps on top of him. The alien's body, headless, begins chasing Hank, Kate, and Ming. They outrun it. Soon, they see a teenager crying. When they approach it, they realize it's a trap. A lobster alien appears using the teenager as bait for luring survivors. The alien kills Ming and the teenager. Hank and Kate flee.
They encounter a steward. As he is the only one who knows the emergency exits, they take him with them. A small lobster alien chases them, but is killed when Ren (Carlo Aquino) shoots the alien with a shotgun. Ren was a robber who was arrested earlier by security guards but when the mall was hit by the explosion, took the opportunity to take the guards' shotgun. The four of them saw a hooded figure in the dark. They follow it. Then they eventually see that the hooded figure is the leader of the aliens. The aliens' mothership tries to suck everyone in it. The steward is sucked and is killed inside the ship. Ren tries to shoot the leader but clones into many whenever he shoots it. The trio flee. Inside a kiddie arcade, they encounter the lobster aliens and the Alpha Lobster alien who is bigger and covered in spikes. Ren stays behind buying Hank and Kate some time. Ren kills as many as he can but is eventually killed by the Alpha. Hank and Kate make their way outside the mall, overlooking the chaos and destruction the aliens brought upon the city of Manila, which has become infested with aliens. The deceased survivors: Neil, Tom, Ming, the Steward, and Ren, all turned aliens, appear behind the couple. The transformed aliens tells them that Hank and Kate are the only ones left of their kind, and that they will start a new world, a new generation, infested with aliens.
Cast[]
Pamana[]
- Janice de Belen as Myra
- Herbert Bautista as Donald
- Empress as Cynthia
- Dennis Padilla as Benjie
- Arlene Muhlach as Faye
- Snooky Serna as Rosalda
- Dimples Romana as Filomena
- Gerald Pesigan as Felimon
- Ivan Dorschner as Emerson
- Fabio Ide as Kon de Nado
- Anna Vicente as Gladys
- Eri Neeman as Benedict
- Rain Papa as Buboy ang Munting Diablo
Lost Command[]
- Dennis Trillo as Master Sgt. Martin Barrientos
- Paulo Avelino as Corp. Lamberto Upaon
- Martin Escudero as Private Solomon Conde
- Ella Cruz as Linda
- Rommel Padilla
- Alex Castro as Private Hilario Tabios
- JC Tiuseco as Private First Class Tomas Pugeda
- Makisig Morales as Bunag
- AJ Dee
- Chris Pasturan
- Benz Sangalang
- Ronnie Lazaro
Unwanted[]
- Vhong Navarro as Hank
- Lovi Poe as Kate
- Eula Caballero as Ming
- Albie Casino as Neil
- Carlo Aquino as Rex
- Eric Tai as Tom
- Chokoleit
- Jairus Aquino
- Sharlene San Pedro as young Kate
| Category | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Best Child Performer | Gerald Pesigan (Pamana) | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Imaginary Friends & Blackburst inc. |
Won |
| Best Original Story | Ricky Lee (Pamana) | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Arlene Muhlach (Pamana) | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Herbert Bautista (Pamana) | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Janice De Belen (Pamana) | Nominee |
| Best Director | Chito S. Rono |
Nominee |
Production Gallery[]
Home Media Release[]
The DVD and CD was released on March 2013.
Trivia[]
- Cast members from the first installment: Janice De Belen, Arlene Muhlach, and Herbert Bautista returned to the franchise for this film.
- This film also marks Janice De Belen's 6th appearance in the franchise. She was last seen as a cameo role in the 11th installment.
- Unlike the previous installments, this is the only film in the franchise to be directed by a sole director: Chito S. Rono.
- This is the first film in the franchise that uses letters for the number instead of the traditional Hindu-Arabic or Roman numeral.
- This is the only film in the franchise that includes the subtitle: The Invasion.
- This installment introduces aliens and zombies as villains.
- This is also the first film in the franchise that introduces a vampire.
- Unlike the previous installments, this is the only film that doesn't use the traditional floating head concept in the poster.
- This is the franchise's most expensive installment ever made.
- This installment uses the old opening intro of Regal Entertainment (circa. late 1980s to early 1990s).
- This is the first in the franchise to win the "Best Visual Effects" during the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival.
- In this installment, Regal Multimedia Incorporated (RMMI) wasn't given to much credit in the movie, Unlike the past Installment they give RMMI credits, Now in SRR XIV, RMMI is just located at the poster of the movie and not in the opening credits of the movie.
- At the Gabi Ng Parangal of the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival, the SRR franchise was given a tribute for marking a history in the Philippine Films.
- All episodes in this film includes a motif of a Grandfather clock.
- The 14th installment surpassed the 9th installment for being the highest grossing installment in the franchise.
- Carla Abellana and Iza Calzado were among those listed in the original cast. Both did not appear in the film.
- In Pamana, there are a lot of references and call-backs from the previous installments:
- Pamana is set in 1983, a year before the first Shake Rattle and Roll was premiered.
- Filomena's appearance is reminiscent of the ghostly Yaya from the third installment.
- When Tiyanak comes out from the tub, it was a subtle nod to the Undin from the third installment, who comes out from the toilet.
- Kon de Nado is reminiscent to Andres or Impakto from the fifth installment.
- When Myra (played by Janice de Belen) leans on the refrigerator, it echoes the infamous scene in Pridyider (also starred by Belen) from the first installment.
- This was the third film in the franchise that was intended to be the last installment. However, the 15th installment was released two years later, which is the final film in the franchise.
- A historical reference happens in the closing scene of Pamana. When the protagonists and nearby residents hear through a radio broadcasts that the flight of an opposition senator is on final approach to Manila, it indicates that the closing is set on August 21, 1983. On that day, the opposition senator, Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr, was assassinated at Manila International Airport after he disembarks from his flight.