The movie "Plane" was pulled out from Philippine cinemas due to its bad projection of the Philippines specifically the island of Jolo, Sulu. Curious about the pullout, I looked and found a full HD version online. Don't ask me where.
My synopsis: The plane crashed in the middle of nowhere in Jolo. With the plane's means of communication destroyed and no mobile phone signal, the pilot worked with a murderer who was one of the passengers. They went on foot to look for help. While they were away, rebels took the other passengers as hostages. The murderer helped in saving the hostages until the end.
The synopsis on www.plane.movie did not say where the movie was shot. A Wikipedia entry says it was shot in Puerto Rico. I cannot tell where from the movie but I can say that the rebels were not real Filipinos. Why? Their Tagalog diction was crooked.
During a senate hearing, a lady senator reasoned out that the movie is just a fiction (and I suppose she was not in favor of the pullout). Indeed it is just a fiction but why specify an actual location in the movie? Why not like Wakanda or Gotham or El Dorado? The movie was pulled out from Philippine cinemas to avoid negative impressions but what impression did it make globally? Doesn't every country have a say on the use of its name in film productions before a movie or TV series is released? I have been watching foreign TV series, e.g. FBI, NCIS among others, and I lost count of how many times insurgencies in the Philippines and other countries were mentioned. The insurgencies cannot be denied. But do you have to rub salt on a wound?
Overall, the movie was very good, only if it did not have to discredit the Philippines.
This is an updated version of my FB post.