Hmmm...
This was a movie. A GOOD ONE and that's about it. Buh let's break it down a bit.
Plot
Kemi is still one of the best story tellers of all time in Nigeria. She has shown that time and again. From her music videos to movies. She knows how to tell and finish a story. She puts you at the edge of your sit in suspence and drops your jaw with a finish. Only this time she dragged on too much. It was unnecessarily longer than the movie should have been. I mean she spent the first episode rightfully introducing the queen and wasted too much time showing pain from the lead.
That was too much in my opinion. 8/10
Acting
Man.... I think she focused more on the lead characters than she did for the rest. It's a body of work. I believe d energy should flow around all. The add-ons had bad or unnecessary script lines. The lead guard was too stiff the second in command was better. Needless to say the leads were magnificent. Jaw dropping performance. Second time Toni tones is giving me chills down my spine. Hot damn 8/10
SFX
Special effects needed a lot more. I've seen much better in Nigerian movie. It's big budget movie I expected more. 5/10
Direction
Kemi wrote and directed that means she brought her imagination to people's minds and they loved it. I applaud her. Buh like I said the acting was focused on some key moments and leads. Some parts lacked emotion and Its unfortunate cause Kemi always has scenes that give goosebumps. The scene in the beginning for instance thats EPIC what a way to begin. The best emotional scene in the movie in my opinion was the reporters argument with his wife in his apartment. Then the graveyard scene in the first episode was Iconic. I think she dwelled too much on it but still, literal goosebumps. 7/10
Script
Although better than most Nigerian movies, needed more work. Some lines were better left unsaid. Especially the add-ons like the elders. They needed to be scene not heard. 7/10
Cast
Mad choice of team but not totally on point. They came with their A game. Charlie Boy over acted his role though. Making him fake. At a point he was counting his words. He wasn't as natural as the rest. For a supporting role with a very important role to play, he didn't do justice to it. Sank the movie for me. I think Kemi was going with bad and dangerous but sexy something like Jafar in Aladdin or Rasputin Anastasia or Scar in Lion King. Bad buh like-able. Charlie boy was a No no. 7/10
Soundtrack
An important part of every movie. This movie lacked a lot of that and audio effects in core areas were missing. 5/10
I like the fact that she never focuses on one Ethnic group. She mixed it all. Love that. Like I said it was a GOOD movie.
