A story of a couple (a rich girl and a middle class boy) with five children whose otherwise happy and stable marriage is threatened by petty jealousies and other marital disturbances, prompting the wife (Dina), pregnant with their fifth child, to up and flee to her grandma in the province. The husband woos her back. Danica and Vittorio, last seen together in the movie "Buhay Misis" more than 10 years ago when they were newly married.
Adan Ronquillo was fighting a group of thugs led by Ben Hapon and was arrested by his father. One night after setting free his father was murdered by a rogue police forces led by Abad. Hepe approaches Adan about the incident. Abad kills one of Adan's friends and leaves a message to the Hepe. Adan finds Abad's son who was responsible for his father's death and he has been ordered by Abad to kill him and Adan kills him. Adan finds Abad in the warehouse and one of Abad's police force open fires at him. Adan kill most of Abad forces with a rifle with a grenade launcher. But Abad escapes in a car with Adan chases him which they destroyed a fuel tanker as Adan shots Abad in the back causing him to skid his car to a stop. Adan climbs out of his damaged car as Abad was about to fire his gun at him Adan kills him and blows his car up. Ben Hapon informs to Moren to Abad's death which enrages him. Adan goes to his house to find her mother murdered by Ben Hapon and Karla has been captured by Moreno and he throws Ben Hapon out of the house and telling him to Moreno that he is coming for him. Adan goes to Moreno's Summer villa in Antipolo to rescue Karla and kills Ben Hapon. Hepe and his police forces arrive to help him and arrests Moreno's men. Moreno escapes with Karla. During the scuffle Moreno slaps Karla causing her to fell down the hill and badly shots her just as Adan arrives into the scene. Enraged Adan shots Moreno with his machine gun and mourns Karla believing to have been killed by Moreno just as Hepe arrives to help him. However Moreno still alive and aims his machine gun at them. Adan is shot by him before he and Hepe shot Moreno to death. Karla has survived the scuffle with Moreno and was in a wheeling chair mourning for Adan's death in the cemetery with Adan's friend and sister Elma. Hepe arrives and tells them that Adan survived he was only shot in the arm by Moreno before he and Hepe killed Moreno.
Jodie (Manilyn Reynes) is a student of Mr. Zerrudo (Edu Manzano) who fall in love with him. Mabu (Aljon Jimenez) try to said Mr. Zerrudo that Gretch (Sunshine Cruz) is in love with Mr. Zerrudo.
Only son, Carlitos, suddenly finds himself the man of an all-female household when his father dies of a heart attack. He falls in love with an offbeat girl and is forced to make a choice between following his heart or risk losing the love of the family which has nurtured him all his life.
Famous plastic surgeon Dr. Hugo (Christopher de Leon) has a fiancée Alicia (Nanette Medved) and feels that her face is his greatest creation. Originally a monstrous carnival attraction, she was transformed into a beautiful and glamorous woman through surgery. Alicia learns that beauty is not everything that she imagined it to be. She finds it difficult to discern whether people like her for her personality, or only because she is rich and beautiful. She yearns for her former self, the ugly Carissa. As Carissa, she felt sure that those who liked her were not attracted by her appearance. One such person was her former neighbor and lover, Mendez (Cesar Montano).
Tanya (Kris Aquino), a mother has moved to a new house with her baby daughter Jane. After everything is fine, the house's power was out. Tanya, worried about Jane, decides to check her daughter along with her mother, Lydia (Rosemarie Gil). She finds her housekeeper Virgie (Mae-Ann Adonis), who had been driven insane, hiding in the closet with Jane. Tanya grabs Jane but Virgie warns her that someone will take her baby.
Cathy (Janice de Belen) and Mari (Eric Quizon) are spending their honeymoon in the house of Dr. Corpuz (Eddie Guttierez). When Mari carry Cathy they go inside of the house and shared a kiss but Manang (Caridad Sanchez) see them and told that she is waiting a long time. She felt scared about what Manang said that no one is not over timing and no one stay long. Cathy become suspicious and she tell Mari that there is ghost there so they find another room to sleep.
The story focuses on the three brothers Andrew E., Jimmy Santos, and Keempee de Leon. They live in the slums of Manila as "bakal-dyaryo-bote" collectors recycling scrap metal, newspapers and empty beverage bottles. Later on, They discover that Jimmy Santos, the ugliest of the three brothers, is the only heir of a rich yet an ugly tycoon in Manila (played by Zorayda Sanchez)who was lucky enough to marry a wealthy man played by Eddie Gutierrez.
A teenage boy befriends a well known B class actress Rachelle (Dina Bonnevie) who is having an affair with a Mayor Edmundo Guatlo (Eddie Garcia) whose wife Rowena (Charo Santos-Concio) wants to get rid of her in order to not snag controversy during the elections but in only two clauses she will disappear if he releases her lover out of prison (Christopher De Leon) and kill his rival opponent in the elections. Brocka's Gumapang Ka sa Lusak shows the evils of society, corruption and epidenious world of glitz, and disaster in the world of the ruling influential, society of politics and the message of life trying to make a living from the dirt and gravel of society we all struggle to live in.
Eric was an orphan and a fearless drug dealer who had an affair with Mona-lisa who cares for him since he was young but he caught eye on her step daughter. Her husband discovered the affair and he kills her while Eric was trying to escape and killing his enemies along the way.
After being released from a Philippine prison following the fall of Ferdinand Marcos, a former priest (Salvador) gives up his violent activities in favor of peaceful social activism. But he quickly discovers that vicious death squads, and notorious counter-insurgency operations, still plague his country, and soon he is considering joining the resistance again.