It also stars Chat Silayan, Eddie Garcia, Jean Saburit, Rommel Valdez, and Miguel Rodriguez.
[1] Ang Supremo was released on July 21, 1988, with free diver's watches and T-shirts handed out to early moviegoers in Metro Manila.
[1] Lav Diaz, writing for the Manila Standard, criticized the unclear setting of Ang Supremo's story as to whether or not it is about the defunct Hukbalahap, a socialist guerilla group formed during World War II, or the contemporary New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Diaz also pointed out that the film never used the word "Huk" or any other term referring to the Hukbalahap, adding to the confusion.
However, he stated that Ang Supremo is still a fine action film, commending its contextualization of rebellions as chiefly caused by people's suffering in rural areas.