| Gagamboy | |
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| Directed by | Erik Matti |
| Produced by | Ronald Stephen Monteverde Roselle Monteverde-Teo |
| Written by | Dwight Gaston Roselle Monteverde-Teo |
| Starring | Vhong Navarro Jay Manalo Aubrey Miles |
| Cinematography | J.A. Tadena |
| Editing by | Vito Cajili |
| Distributed by | Regal Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 100 min |
| Language | Tagalog / English |
Gagamboy is a Filipino science fiction film made in 2004 directed by Erik Matti and starring Vhong Navarro. It is of the same ilk as the Spider-Man films, with a mutated spider that causes Gagamboy to gain his superpowers.
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Junie (Vhong Navarro), is an ice cream vendor, who goes around selling ice cream to children, and adults alike. After his shift, Junie get in a predicament with a rival vendor Dodoy (Jay Manalo). Their manager, angered by their actions, demotes Junie to warehouse guard. Dodoy celebrates, only to be demoted too, working a different shift than that of Junie. Junie goes home in a bad mood, until he sees the love of his life, Liani (Aubrey Miles). After dinner, Junie get ready to sleep, to work a new job the next day. While on the job, Junie accidentally swallows a spider, thus giving him web slinging abilities, and becoming Gagamboy. After his shift, Dodoy comes in to work his, and leaves a sandwich unprotected. A roach slips into his sandwich, and as he eats it, he collapses, only to regain consciousness as a large roach. He hires two henchmen, and calls himself, Ipisman. Junie and Dodoy, both try to win Liani's love. Dodoy practically gives up, only to return as Ipisman, to kidnap Liani to lure Gagamboy to his lair. There, he plans to finish off Gagamboy, but the tables turn and Dodoy is destroyed.
The film featured at the 2004 Hong Kong Film Festival. Despite its low production qualities, the film received general praise due to its use of humour, especially in parodying other tokusatsu and superhero films. As a result, the film is well known in the Chinese kuso community.