Translation
In the early few minutes of the film, when Davis' character shoots a man down her porch steps, the Singaporeans gathering round the scene exclaim, "Patay! Binaril na niya, binaril niya." which is actually in the Filipino language literally meaning "Dead! She shot him, she shot him."
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