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"Black Rider" What's Lacking in Episode 2?

If a project was produced by GMA Public Affairs, I would give myself a try to watch it because they do it better than GMA Entertainment. Black Rider so far, satisfied my creative appetite as an audience. However, it is too early to rate. I have just seen 6 episodes. Black Rider Episode 2: A Review Episode 2 was about the Palangga massacre. The victims were Elias's pregnant wife, the child she was carrying, and their daughter who was, perhaps, 5 or 6 years old. The massacre scene was intense, its graphic portrayal would almost turn your head away. Though its realism is not something that would surpass scenes from Saving Private Ryan,  its depiction of the horrors of murders is something that you can only watch on HBO or Netflix. How the horrific scene was depicted totally justified Elias's decision to take a revenge as Black Rider. Kudos to Ruru, who played Elias, and Kylie, who played the wife; likewise to its director, editor, and prosthetics artist.  This was aired on TV on