Sgt. Ernesto 'Boy' Ybañez: Tirtir Gang, or simply Tirtir Gang, is a 1988 Philippine action film co-written and directed by Willy Milan. The film stars Sonny Parsons as the titular character. Produced by Double M Films International, the film was released on July 28, 1988.
Critic Lav Diaz gave Tirtir Gang a negative review, criticizing its confusing characterizations and implausible action scenes which undercuts its assertion of being based on true events.
Cast
Sonny Parsons as Sgt. Ernesto 'Boy' Ybañez Eddie Garcia as Greg Vivian Foz as Chedeng Charlie Davao as Waldo Romy Diaz as Sgt. Macaroyo Lucita Soriano as Coching Carol Dauden as Grace Renato del Prado as Tata Roland Dantes as Col. Nabiula Ross Olgado as Col. Cruz Mario Escudero as a police reporter Usman Hassim as Erning Bakal Robert Miller as Robert Pons de Guzman as a judge Fred Moro as a gang leader Marco Polo as Tisoy Fernan Morato as Henry Garry Garcia as Garry Manny Doria as Manny Ben 'Pinoy' Sagmit as Ben Bisay Bong Varona as Bong Arlan Israel as Rolando Robert Talby as Roberto Tom Alvarez as Tommy Carlos David as Caloy Ver Rodriguez as Virgilio Stanley Orong as Stanley Arnold Esguerra as Arnold Rusty Santos as Gen. Ramos
Release Tirtir Gang was released on July 28, 1988.
Critical response Lav Diaz, writing for the Manila Standard, gave Tirtir Gang a negative review. He criticized the film's confusing depiction of its characters, highlighting the main character Ybañez as being depicted a good man but is shown throughout the story hanging around his criminal friends, neglecting his family, and committing adultery with a hostess, resulting in an unconvincing film. Diaz also noted that because the film is based on a true story, the excessive action scenes and the implausible depiction of a tactically poor Sparrow Unit, a revolutionary group of the New People's Army, negatively underscores the artistic liberties taken by the film.
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