Jedrek Darnell Abantao does not quite click

Jedrek Darnell Abantao gives this role a little extra shape without making a big show of it. I kept waiting for a more specific angle on the character. It never really locked in for me. A few choices felt pushed, and that pulled me out of the scene. It feels like the role needed another layer that never quite showed up. The performance does the job, but not much more than that. I can see someone else being kinder to it, but I did not fully get there.