窮小子Hendrix夢想成為嘻哈歌手,活在罪惡之城,成長時受盡嘲諷,一心只想逃出濫毒姐姐和姐夫的魔掌;本來以為會勝出嘻哈比賽羸得獎金,豈料第一回即慘敗,唯有與死黨搶劫二手書店,卻遭老詩人店主Doc抓個正著,原來Doc的前半生跟Hendrix這個世代也脫不了關係。MV廣告兼電視人Treb Monteras II揮灑獨裁者杜特爾特的狂人時代,穿梭頹廢墮落的大街小巷拍攝,拍出殘酷青春、家庭虐待、街頭暴力等複雜的社會問題,呼喊著「尊嚴不可侵犯」。影片在菲律賓獨立電影節Cinemalaya大獲好評,更在多個影展抬頭,把「菲律賓有嘻哈」發揚光大。

A combination of hip-hop movie, coming-of-age drama and socially- conscious indie, Respeto announces the arrival of a major talent in director Treb Monteras II. Hendrix is an impoverished street kid who battles in the underground Manila rap scene to escape a dead-end life of crime and drugs. He makes an unlikely friend in Doc, a former political dissident who teaches Hendrix how to infuse his rap lyrics with the poetry of the streets. But the past informs the present, and this particular circle of life never ends well. With gritty intelligence and savvy, Monteras creates an energetic and realistic portrait of inner city lives with immediate socio-political relevance.