Seeing that Shanty Town is a six-part series, one would have expected better character development and an ending that was worth it.
These and more were not gotten from the six-part series recently released to Netflix.
The series opens well, and I believed that I was in for a treat, but not really.
A combination of good makeup, mediocre sex scenes and ok vfx were this series selling points, because the story was riddled with plot holes.
Female extra characters are degraded and objectified, and the excuse of it being true to the story of the life of the average sex worker.
Chidi Mokeme was the stand out actor in this series, He brought his A-game and basically carried the series on his shoulders. The remainder of the main cast were giving what was expected. Peter Okoye's Yoruba accent... wow. He could have done with a trainer.
The plot of shanty town is shabby cacophony of stories that just lengthens the run time.
The ending was abrupt and totally unsatisfactory. For a six-part series.
The story could have used with a better ending but the producers had probably either run out of ideas or funding because the ending did nothing but add to already lingering bitter taste in our mouths.
In conclusion, the movie shanty town is a perfect example of having your heart in the right place but executing with the finesse of a toddler playing a piano.
