Tulak a Film by Neal Tan Summary

TULAK
A film by Neal Tan

Characters: * Tikboy- who grew with his aunt and exposed to the world of drugs.

* Abdon- A former policeman, a user and a dealer of illegal drugs

* Lukring- Aunt of Tikboy and a wife of Abdon who is afraid of his husband

* Betina- serves as a guardian to Tikboy, Rolan and Bernie

* Rolan and Bernie-Tikboy met them on the streets when he ran away and became his brothers

* Maura- wife of Rolan

* Roi- a friend of Tikboy
Brief Summary:
There was a boy named Tikboy who lived in a cruel, reckless and a perilous place in the world, the world of drugs. He lived with his Aunt Lukring and his Uncle Abdon. Abdon was a policeman but his opposite of it he was an addict and a drug dealer. He taught Tikboy to be a pusher at early age and sometimes hit him hardly. Lukring loves Tikboy because he was her own family. Abdon often uses her for some pleasuring business. One day there was a customer Abdon promised him that he will give the 1st class, who is Lukring. But, that day Lukring was very tired, the costumer didn’t like her, so he go. Abdon was so angry that he hit Lukring. She was shouting for help then Tikboy ran to her. He hit Abdon but it was not enough, Lukring had her chance, she found a knife and sacked it to Abdon. She told Tikboy to go. He promised her that he will go back and free her from Abdon.
15 years passed, Tikboy was in jail again. He had been in and out of jail for rubbery and drugs. Betina helped him to go out of jail. When Tikboy ran away from home he found two boys named Rolan and Bernie. They became brothers. One day Betina found the boys in the streets and treat them as his own. Tikboy visits Rolan and his pregnant wife Maura to their place. In there, he meet Roi the mayor’s son who is also an addict in drugs. News was spreading that the police man are determined to cut off Illegal drugs in the country. The supplies of illegal drugs are decreasing. Tikboy went to a friend of him and told him that all illegal drugs and all you’ve never seen will be found in there in a one-stop-shop called Shabu Tiangge.
He went there. The first that he encounters is a funeral. The place was of was full of dealers and users. In there, he found Bernie looking strange and foolish to himself. He want to take Bernie out but he was accused that he was starting a fight so the people there including. He went back to that shop again, not knowing that he will found his aunt and Abdon. Abdon didn’t recognize him and he asked him if he was one of the call center agents who wants to use, but Tikboy did not say anything instead he ran away. He went back to Rolan asking him to help him save his aunt suddenly the group of policemen was raiding the place. Tikboy, Rolan and Maura clean their place and ran, sadly Rolan was shot and Maura died after giving a birth, her child died because of an over dose to drugs. Only Tikboy survived.
Tikboy was determined to get his aunt out there, so he went to Roi for help. They go to that shop, while Abdon was busy they got a chance to get Lukring out but Abdon noticed it. He chased them after. When Tikboy was in nowhere to run, Abdon was aiming for a shot. A sound of a bullet set people in that place in panic mode they thought that it was the policemen. Roi shot Abdon from the back. Tikboy, Roi ran out of that place. Tikboy saw Bernie on that coffin in that funeral. Now Lukring, Roi, Thelma, Digna and Tikboy are living a normal life hoping to start again.