Brillante Mendoza’s Amo preem tonight on TV5

Award-winning director Brillante

Mendoza (right) delivers yet another masterpiece with Amo. The crime miniseries tackles one of today’s most controversial topics — the Philippine government’s war on drugs.

The 12-episode miniseries is set against the background of the country’s War on Drugs and depicts situations including the rampant vigilantism against suspected illegal drug personalities. It features the story of Joseph, a high school student peddling crystal meth or “shabu” initially to his fellow gang members and later on to a much bigger market in Metro Manila.

Amo also shows the controversies revolving around the Philippine National Police in the government’s campaign against drugs as well as its role in rightfully enforcing it. Leading the cast of the cinematic television creation is Vince Rillon who plays the role of Joseph the young drug peddler and one of the country’s leading actors — Derek Ramsay (left) who plays the role of a good cop. Also joining the cast are Allen Dizon, Felix Roco, Apollo Abraham, Archie Adamos with the special participation of Baron Geisler. Amo is yet another dauntless television masterpiece by Mendoza which reflects TV5’s strong commitment to provide quality differentiated entertainment content. It premieres tonight at 9:30 and airs Sunday nights on TV5.