For many, the name "Ekis" is instantly linked to Sunshine Cruz's filmography. (also known as "Ekis: Walang Tatakas") is a 1999 Philippine crime drama film co-written and directed by Erik Matti, starring Sunshine Cruz and Albert Martinez in lead roles. The film features Cruz as Dolor, an abused mistress of a wealthy businessman who gets caught in a passionate and dangerous affair with a reluctant member of a kidnap-for-ransom gang named Gene (played by Albert Martinez).
Gene (Albert Martinez) is a soft-hearted member of a violent kidnap-for-ransom syndicate. Despite his dangerous line of work, he treats his abductees with unusual empathy. Ekis - Sunshine Cruz target
The story follows the intersecting lives of (Sunshine Cruz), a former bar girl who is now the kept woman of a violent, wealthy man, and Gene (Albert Martinez), a reluctant member of a kidnap-for-ransom syndicate. For many, the name "Ekis" is instantly linked
Compounding the stress of online harassment, Sunshine Cruz has also been fighting a private health battle. In 2025, the actress disclosed that she had been diagnosed with , a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease that leads to varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness. Gene (Albert Martinez) is a soft-hearted member of
Gene’s criminal underworld collides with Dolor’s domestic hell. What begins as an observation or a criminal stakeout shifts into a passionate, secret affair.
, is a "target" in two distinct ways: she is the target of her husband's physical abuse and eventually a target of the law after a series of violent accidents Google Play A Victim of Domestic Violence