Yup, That Viral Poster for a Movie About a Pastor Is Legit

(SPOT.ph) Today in things you didn't need to see but the Internet showed you anyways, so might as well have a chuckle: a viral movie poster with erm, nostalgic vibes. You might have seen it on your feed, and dismissed it as another one of those memes, but we're here to tell you that there really is a movie behind that poster. A mall's movie house posted it on their Facebook page on August 2 to uh, viral acclaim—i.e. the comments section is dogshow galore. 

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Aljur Abrenica movie poster goes hilariously viral

The poster has gotten around 14,000 shares as of writing, with more than 5,000 comments. And one look at it will have you guessing as to what sort of comments they are. Now, the design nature of the poster might have you thinking it's all a gag, but let's clear that out first.

Entitled Sa Kamay ng Diyos, this film top bills Aljur Abrenica and Elizabeth Oropesa; based on the caption, it tells the story of real-life Pastor Jonard N. Pamor. According to film critic Phil Dy, he watched the movie on opening date (the only one in the cinema), and it was "far more insane than I thought it would be."

The pastor, based on the movie, was "hired as a security guard for a place called 'Jeric's Bakery and Grocery,' and once had to fight off goons trying to steal 80 million pesos that they were inexplicably transporting in a black van," tweeted the critic. That a business had P80 million in cash in the back of a van just says that this production really knows how to turn heads, from poster to insane plotlines, we say.

Based on the poster Dy shared on Twitter, the movie also stars names like Meg Imperial, Ali Forbes, William Martinez and more. The movie trailer, yes there is one, credits JPM Film Production. Check it out below:

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So yes, there really is a movie behind this poster. And a quick search shows that the pastor at the center of it all does exist: in an interview video uploaded in June that credits him as Head Pastor and, looks like, lead as well of the JPM Film Production. 

The poster has gotten the movie a lot of attention, as posters should, just not in the way expected. Folks online called it a clever marketing move, others just called back to school project days, the Avatar: The Last Airbender references were aplenty, and some even lamented the state of local entertainment. Sure, it's not the best movie poster we've seen, but hey, at least we got quality meme reacts from it.

The funniest reactions to viral Aljur Abrenica movie poster