THE deadly drug war waged by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would be dramatized in the first Netflix series by award-winning director Brillante Mendoza, who says the internationally-condemned crackdown was "necessary."

"Amo," which premieres April 9, is about a high school student who starts selling crystal meth and ends up tangled in a nightmarish world populated by violent kingpins and corrupt officials.

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