In the end, it is Luna’s well-known pride and temper that seal his fate as a group of soldiers assassinate him in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. Regionalism and insubordination mar the unity of the fighting forces. “Heneral Luna” is insistent on fighting for freedom, but some of his cabinet colleagues around the planning table with President Emilio Aguinaldo (Mon Confiado) prefer to compromise with the enemy. After more than 300 years of being under Spanish rule, the Philippines is now sold to the United States, under which rule the native country now becomes. General Antonio Luna, superbly portrayed by John Arcilla, is in charge of the Philippine revolutionary army, and he is in über-fight mode. Let’s begin with some background: During the Philippine-American war, “Heneral Luna,” a military leader with a fiery temperament, contends with an enemy more treacherous than the “Amerikano”: his own duplicitous countrymen.
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