Beauty and the Bestie (2015)

Beauty and the Bestie
DirectorWenn V. Deramas
Box office$10.5 million

Plot

Erika is struggling to make money running a photography studio to support her family. The problem is exacerbated when her nephew is diagnosed with a rare condition that may lead to blindness. One day, her former best friend Emman suddenly shows up. Emman works for the Elite Super Secret Task Force, a spy agency tasked with the security of an upcoming beauty pageant. Erika happens to look exactly like Ms. Uzeklovakia, who was abducted by terrorists led by a Japanese Yakuza named Daemon Yu and their Korean right-hand man, Jin Jhong.

Emman asks Erika to pretend to be Ms. Uzeklovakia while the agency searches for the real deal. Erika is still resentful from the way she fell out with Emman and takes on the task in exchange for help caring for her family. Aside from all this, Erika's younger sister Abi and Emman's half-brother Tristan meet and end up falling in love. Erika must deal with their feelings for their former best friend while fending off terrorists and dealing with their worry about Abi's budding romance.

Before the Q&A portion of the coronation night, Erika encounters the real Ms. Uzeklovakia after she manages to escape from her kidnappers. She is disgusted by their scent until she is intercepted by Emman and their friends in order to secure her from the terrorists. With that Erika continues to pose as Ms. Uzeklovakia until she wins the pageant. They are soon interrupted by the terrorists who try to kill Erika and Daemon manages to kidnap them aboard a helicopter thinking they are Ms. Uzeklovakia. Emman eventually intercepts the helicopter. As Erika and Daemon fight, Emman manages to finally kill Daemon in time as Erika falls onto the ledge of the helicopter. Erika takes Emman's hand and finally reconciles until he drops Erika's hand and falls into the ocean which Emman follows.

Emman does CPR on Erika after rescuing her and soon reunites with her family. After the incident, the father of Ms. Uzeklovakia, the Uzeklovakian prime minister thanked Emman and Erika for saving his daughter.

The film ends where both Emman and Erika are eating fishballs from a vendor when both sense their shades were detonators, which explodes as they head to their next mission.

Cast

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