Padilla also called on his countrymen to stand up for the Philippines especially when its reputation and name is being smeared by foreigners. “As I’ve said, the film should’ve just maintained its fictionality and not name our country, the Philippines,” Padilla said. He also found an ally in Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, who also said that “as a nation, we should send our regrets that this is not the real situation on the ground.” And we also want to write to the producer,” the actor-turned-politician said in a radio interview.

“They (MTRCB) told me, they already talked to the distributor. Padilla said his office had met with the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) officials, including its chairperson, Lala Sotto, who had promised to call the attention of the film’s producers and block the movie from being shown in the Philippines. Senators Robin Padilla and Juan Miguel Zubiri led the condemnation of the film for supposedly insulting the country by portraying it as overrun by rebels and militia. The film, which is about a commercial pilot who faces a rebel group after his fictional Trailblazer Airlines Flight 119 from Singapore to Honolulu via Tokyo suffered damage from a storm in the South China Sea, and was forced to make an emergency landing in what turns out to be Jolo island in the restive southern Philippines. The Philippines’ movie classification board said it has “committed” to banning the screening of Gerard Butler’s movie “Plane” in the country, after several politicians criticised the supposed negative portrayal of the Southeast Asian nation. (Photo credits: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images Plane the Movie official website) Philippine Senator Robin Padilla said that his office met with the officials of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) on 17 February 2023 to discuss the possibility of blocking the showing of the film 'Plane' starring Gerard Butler.

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