Last Black Saturday, April 11, T2 started screening in cinemas nationwide as Star Cinema's summer movie for 2009.
T2 (short for Tenement 2) tells the story of Claire, a woman who tries to escape her marital problems by volunteering for an NGO that helps orphans find new homes. She meets a young girl named Angeli (played by Mika dela Cruz) who is being haunted by engkantos. Claire and Angeli are trapped in a tenement building as the engkantos close in on them. The supernatural beings tempt Angeli to stay in their beautiful palace but Claire has other plans for the young girl.
According to Star Cinema & TV Synergy Specialist Mico del Rosario, T2 grossed P28 million in a span of 2 days.
This horror-drama film reunited the Diamond Star Maricel Soriano with
box-office director Chito Roño after their last movie project titled Dahas (1995).
Direk Chito megged two previous Star Cinema horror blockbusters Feng Shui (starring Kris Aquino) and Sukob (starring Kris Aquino and Claudine Barretto).
Aside from Maricel and Mika, T2 also stars Derek Ramsay who plays Maricel's husband; Eric Fructuoso who plays Maricel's driver, comebacking actress Camille Prats, character actor Mon Confiado, K Brosas in her first serious film, and Tetchie Agbayani who returns to mainstream cinema through this Star Cinema film.
International screenings of T2 are scheduled on the following dates: April 17-23, at the Micronesia Mall in Guam; UA Stonestown Twin in San Francisco; Regal Village Square Stadium in Las Vegas; Parkway Plaza Stadium Cinema in Seattle; Cerritos Stadium Cinema in Los Angeles; and UA Horton Plaza in San Deigo; April 30-May 2 at Al Ghurair in Dubai and Grand Megamall in Sharjah; May 7-9 at the Grand Al Mariah in Abu Dhabi; May 8-14 at Coliseum Scarborough in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada; and Empire Studio 10 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; May 14-16, at Grand Cine Center in Qatar and Seed Cineplex in Bahrain.
T2 has been graded "B" by the Cinema Evaluation Board.
Trailer courtesy of Star Cinema
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