A Hard Day is a 2021 Filipino action thriller film directed by Lawrence Fajardo and produced by Arlene Tamayo.

[1] Edmund Villon (Dingdong Dantes), a corrupt detective whose mother recently died, drives away in the middle of the funeral, having been informed that his squad is being investigated by internal affairs for bribery.

Fearing manslaughter charges as he is intoxicated, Edmund declines to call the police, and hides the body from a passing patrol car.

A few days later, Edmund purposely gets into another crash to conceal the earlier damage and give him a reason to visit a repair shop.

Edmund's squad is then assigned to locate and arrest a wanted murderer named Apyong (Nor Domingo), who is revealed to be the homeless man.

While searching Apyong's hideout, the squad finds nothing significant, but they meet another police officer who is investigating a hit-and-run incident based on an anonymous tip.

Edmund returns to his apartment and gets ready to report his crimes, but is attacked by Franco, who survived the explosion.

Senior police officials decide to cover up Franco's and Edmund's crimes to protect their own reputations.

[4] The fight scenes were made longer for the Philippine adaptation compared to the South Korean film.

Fajardo made sure that the fight choreography is polished technically but organic or something that mirrors real-life fistfights.