Consequences

Consequences

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Director – Andy Chukwu

Story – Nwafor Anayo

Screenplay – Chuck Obiorah

 

 

CONSEQUENCES

 

Starring

Ramsey Noah – Daniel

Kate Nuttall Henshaw – Angela

Andy Chukwu – Eric

Chinonye Eluke – Emilia (Branch Manager)

Oby Somina Okafor – Chinelo

 

Themes explored in this film:

 

Family Pressure

Marriage

Infidelity

“Saving Face”

Gender Roles

Patriarchy

 

My rating 90%

 

Daniel, A graduate who cannot find a job feels less than a man because his girlfriend is in employment and he is not. One day whilst out job hunting he is knocked down by an okada driver.

 

Angela is at work when a man she has never met comes and tells her that he has been to her village to see her parents about seeking her hand in marriage. He tries to discuss wedding dates and plans with her. Understandably she is hostile upon hearing this and asks him to leave.

 

Later on that day she tells her boyfriend about the man that confronted her at work. He is indifferent. This is the warning for what is to come later.

 

Angela is supportive with regards to her boyfriend’s unemployment. She gives him her company car to drive to facilitate his job hunting. She also takes him suit shopping to make him more presentable.

 

Her efforts pay off and very soon Daniel finds a job, however the fact that he is driving Angela’s company car means that he is trailed by Angela’s boss who is curious as to why Angela is not driving the car as it is for her use. Angela’s boss trails him to his friend Eric’s house where he innocently is chilling with two female friends. She calls Angela in to reprimand her furious that the company car is being used to “carry women.”

 

Angela declares her love for Daniel, but despite this declaration he does not appear to be in any rush to marry her. Desperate; she cooks up a plan to fall pregnant to force him into marriage. At the suggestion of a friend she begins piercing holes into condom packets.

 

At the same time we can see Daniel is not serious about Angela. His friend asks him why he has not yet proposed marriage and he tells his that, “We like it this way… friends… best friends.”

 

 

 

If you have not watched you may want to stop reading here.

 

***SPOILERS***

 

 

 

Angela tries to get Daniel to have sex with her sans condom. He refuses and so she uses one anyway but from a pre pierced packet. As a result of the piercing, the condom bursts mid act  and Daniel freaks out. He stops their lovemaking to head straight to the pharmacy to get emergency contraception despite her insistence that she should come to bed. When he returns with the pills she pretends to take it and hides it under her tongue.

 

It is not only Angela’s home life that is in disarray, she goes into work to find out that she is being suspended for two months without pay for loaning Daniel the company car and contravening company law. She is distraught and tells Daniel only to find him unsympathetic. This should be the final sign that she needs to realise Daniel does not care about her in the same way that she cares about him. After all when he was in his time of need she was more than helpful even putting her job on the line to ensure that he find a job, however he clearly is not willing to do the same.

 

As a result of the condom bursting on that fateful night Anglea finds out that she is pregnant. She tells Daniel who does not take her seriously. He laughs as though it were a joke. On relaisisng the seriousness of the situation he yells at her blaming her for trying to tie him dowen,

 

“Your child… Not mine. I DON’T want to marry you.”

 

He tries to talk her into having an abortion and she refuses leaving him to exclaim,

 

“It’s your choice. Count me out!”

 

 

Angela is distraught and confesses to her friend

 

“How do I face my friends, my family, and the public?”

 

“Saving face” is a big theme in Nigerian films. Someone is always worried about what someone else will think about them rather than worrying about how to deal/cope with the situation at hand. Could it be societal pressure that has forced Angela into trying to make her boyfriend become a father prematurely? A society that says women must be married with child before a certain age or face ridicule and shame?

 

Daniel, knowing that Angela plans on keeping the baby flees back to his father in the village. It is now that we find out that he ran to Lagos (where Angela lives) in the first place because he got a girlfriend in the village pregnant. His father is not pleased to see him because his son’s predicament when he left meant that he was ridiculed in the village and banned from the elders circle.

 

Daniel tells his father that he has come to marry the Beatrice, the girl that bore his child. We see that this same girl now has a boyfriend in the village, as she is seen intimately hugging a man before she is to leave with Daniel to the city.

 

Kate has left Lagos for the village after being sacked and made homeless as a result. Her father disowns her on seeing her pregnant stomach and bans her from the family home much to her mother’s dismay. Even though her mother wants to protest she does not because she accepts that a man rules the home. Her husband also warns her that she will be disowned if she intervenes so she does not. She is powerless in the patriarchal society that she belongs to, and her role as a woman being subservient to a man has been clearly defined.

 

Daniel brings his bride to Lagos only to come home from work and see a man leaving his house. It is the same man that Beatrice was hugging in the village. Beatrice claims that he came to collect money that she owed to him. He accepts that but it is clear it is a different story when he enters the house to find two plate and two beer bottles laid out.

 

Daniel probably thought that a village girl would be docile and cater more to his needs than the city girl that he had and strung along. He is very wrong as this village girl leaves the whole place in utter chaos and will not cook either.

 

Beatrice has planned to drain Daniel’s money and run away with her boyfriend with it. From the beginning she has no respect for Daniel and talks to him in any way that she likes, which is not suprising considering the way he impregnated her and abandoned her to face the shame of being an unwed mother. This is karma at it’s finest because we see Daniel getting his comeuppance.

 

In the end Philip the boyfriend reveals to Daniel in a confrontation that he is not the father of the child. Daniel is upset and goes home to confront Beatrice, who is not there as she has run off with the child and his money.

 

Angela too makes a new life for herself. Daniel is put in prison for fraud. What we can take from this is, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND and KARMA IS A BIZATCH!

 

All in all it was a good film which kept me gripped… There are many lessons to be learnt.

 

Of course Angela was wrong on her part for piercing holes into the condom, but on the same hand Daniel knew that she wanted a relationship leading to marriage and he knew that he was not willing to give that to her, so he should have let her go. He thought that a village girl would be faithful and subservient, as perhaps he has witness in his own parent’s marriage but that was not the case and he ended up being the loser!

 

Women in Power

Women in Power

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Written and Directed by Adim .C. Williams

Story by Mike Enendu

 

WOMEN IN POWER

 

Starring

Patience Ozokwor – Lois

Liz Benson – Maureen

Olu Jacobs – Collins

Fred Aseroma – Elvis

Mercy Johnson – Julia

Moses Effret – Kelvin

Thelma Nwosu – Sandra

Evelyn Osugo – Agatha

Joe Adeghikwa – Mavis

Ejiro Okurame – Joanne

Gloria Norbert Young – Stella

 

 

Themes Explored in the Film

Gender Roles

Status and Class

Career Vs Family Life

Nature Vs Nurture

 

My Rating 90%

 

 

Lois is a member of a powerful women’s group called CWF which is led by Maureen. Lois has an aggressive approach with regards to injustices against women and wants to overtake Maureen’s leadership. Maureen, however is tired of the divisions within the group and stands down leaving the job open for Lois.

 

Soon after Lois’ appointment as head of the CWF, Maureen is appointed Minister of Youth and Women’s Development. On hearing the news Lois is outraged and jealous, desiring a position of such esteem for herself. She finds out that the position for Minister of Internal Affairs is open and begs for it. The chairman considers it and it is soon confirmed that Lois too will be a government minister like Maureen.

 

Lois starts the first day of work leading with an iron fist. She is way over the top in her actions, threatening staff randomly and insulting them for asking simple questions. We hear the music in the background with the lyrics containing “Iron Lady.” The backing track is very appropriate.

 

 

It is not only the workplace that Lois rules with an iron fist, her fearless attitude extends to the way that she behaves in her home.

 

 

 

If you have not watched you may want to stop reading here.

***SPOILERS***

 

 

 

Gender Roles

In one scene Julia asks Kelvin (her brother) to cook and he refuses. She claims that the refusal is because he is a man and doesn’t feel it is his duty to cook. Papa intervenes and deems Julia’s request of Calvin, “ridiculous.” Lois the “iron lady” overhears this conversation and is outraged,

 

“Why shouldn’t he cook? But when Julia cooks, he will be eating.”

 

The family is being split along gender lines and opinions regarding the role of each gender. In this scene Lois makes a reasonable point but perhaps the message that she is trying to put across is masked by her more extreme actions.

 

As the Minister of Internal Affairs Lois is entitled to government accommodation. Collins, however is reluctant to move. He feels that it is his role ad the man of the house to provide for his family, and does not like the idea of his wife usurping him. Lois compromises and agrees to stay in the house, but moves the staff from the government home into her present home. Collins is bitter about it, meanwhile Lois exclaims,

 

“Let me enjoy the benefits of my status!”

 

Status

At one point some elders from Collin’s village come to offer him a chieftaincy title. He refuses it on the grounds that the institution has become bastardised. On the contrary Lois wants him to accept the title, so that his status befits her own. Her obsession with status is very obvious, and she undermines her husband in front of the elders to accept the title. Collins is not at all happy with her behaviour but in the end is persuaded by Lois to accept it.

 

In the film the allusion is present that to be a good wife is to cook and to clean even if one works all hours..

 

At a meeting Lois defies patriarchal tradition by demanding to see the Kola Nut Kalabash broken. It is tradition that the dish is passed around for all MEN to see. She ends up leaving he gathering urging other women to follow her in breaking this part of the tradition that does not favour women. All of the other women stay put, none of them willing to break tradition all complacent in the patriarchy that governs them. Her husband is at the meeting and looks highly embarrassed as the people around him whisper about his wife.

 

Even Lois’ former supporters turn against her. One exclaims,

 

“She has too much ambition o!”

 

Even women will take feminism only to a certain point for fear of ruffling the feathers of men.

 

The pressure is immense for women to get married and have children. A woman working long hours is considered,

 

“A self imposed unnecessary burden.”

 

Mavis finds a wife that quickly becomes pregnant. He refers to her as,

 

“nice, domestic fertile, and understand my needs.”

 

Is this the epitome of womanhood?

 

Lois’ daughter on the other hand remains unmarried despite wanting for marriage. She has been taught by her mother to stand up to men. Her father on the other hand preaches that women should be subservient to men. He warns her not to be like her mother. She listens to her mother’s advice and is continuously being dumped. Collin’s reasoning is that men and women have defined and clear biological roles and for one to usurp the other is to cause friction.

 

Lois is eventually sacked from her post as minister for Internal Affairs as her attitude is deemed embarrassing to the ministry.  In the end her ways cause her family to split as the film ends with Collins getting a government post based in Switzerland. He takes the children with him to remove them from what he deems to be her evil influences. As she begs for forgiveness from him the police come to arrest her.

 

What is the film trying to say?

 

Feminism is good if you can bear the consequences ie no husband or children and to be scorned by society?

 

Feminism is acceptable within reason?

 

Feminism is not acceptable at all and women have a defined biological role that they should stick to and to try and defy that role can only lead to problems?

 

What do you think?

The Laptop

The Laptop

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Directed by Yul Edochie

 

Starring:

Muna Obiekwe – Derek

McMorris Ndubueze – Chris

Uche Ogbodo – Nicky

Tammy Opasunju – Hanks

Dike Ngwegbu – Mrs Okonkwo

Stella Ikwegbu – Mrs Okonkwo

Vera Sam – Sandra

Lyn Harrison – Trinity

 

Themes explored in this film:

Love

Betrayal

Cultism

 

My Rating 55%

 

This film isn’t as bad as it sounds. I know the title did put me of at first, however I was pleasantly surprised as it was better than I expected. The cast did a good job and the storyline was somewhat original. Perhaps calling the film “The Laptop” was a little to literal.

 

As is obvious a laptop plays an integral role in this film. The scenes are mainly between the campus and Nicky’s family home.

 

Nicky meets Chris on campus. He expresses interest in getting to know her better. They start of as friends and then he “toasts” her until she falls for him. They appear to be love’s young dream by all accounts.

 

However her new beau has a more sinister side to him that is soon to be uncovered.

 

 

 

If you have not watched this film, you may want to stop reading here

***SPOILERS***

 

 

 

Not long after the introduction of Chris into Nicky’s life her brother is the victim of a vicious beating whereby his laptop is stolen by thugs. This occurs because Nicky’s brother Derek is on his way to visit her on campus. En route he stops off to chat up a girl only to have the girl’s so-called boyfriend catch him and beat him to a pulp.

 

Because of this incident Derek does not get to meet his sister’s boyfriend. It is by chance, when his sister excitedly shows him a picture of her boyfriend that he finds out that this guy that his sister is seeing is in fact the perpetratorand prominent cultist.

 

He is desperate to get his laptop back as it contains his research work undertaken in the US. He reports the case to the police but as Chris is connected the DPO expressly says,

 

“There is nothing we can do.”

 

Driven by desperation Derek approaches a rival cult member to help him get his laptop back. A war ensues and at one point Derek shoots his girlfriend’s mother. He does not know that Nicky and Chris are related and thinks that it is solely Derek’s mother that he is shooting.

 

He does eventually find out that Derek and Nicky are brother and sister and appears to be truly remorseful for his actions, taking the step to return the laptop to Derek without consent from the cult members.

 

He then goes to beg forgiveness from Nicky and can you believe the dimwit actually accepts his apology after her friend tells her,

 

“just give him a  try… He loooves you.”

 

NO-SENSE!!! Who cares about love when this miscreant just shot your mother??? Plus he beat her brother to a pulp over ANOTHER GIRL! Let me say it one more time… NON-SENSE!!!

 

The film ends with Chris being shot by a member of his own cult. Nicky is there hollering, screaming and crying like a gatdamn fool.

 

 

WHY?

When he returns that laptop, Derek rushes to check that it is in good condition and that all his work is still on there. Why was I thinking… “DUDE!!! Your mother just got shot by this guy, who gives a frigg about a damn laptop!”

 

WHY?

Was Muna doing this eye rolling thing that made him look positively devilish?

 

WHY?

When they had this scene when Muna was thinking with the voiceover expressing his thoughts was the voice not Muna’s? that was WE-IRD!!!

 

 

 

 

Secret of the Mind

Secret of the Mind

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Story: Bode Alao Festus

Director: Bode Alao Festus

Screenplay: Tai Emeka Obasi

 

 

Secret of the Mind

 

Patience Ozokwor – Flora

Mike Ezuruonye – Mike

Caroline Ekanem – Nancy

Desmond Elliot – David

Vitalis Ndubuisi – Chief Andy Richards

Emilia Azuh – Clara

Charles Inojie – Man Charlie

Kelechi Koko – Mercy

 

Themes explored in the film

Religion

Good Vs Evil

Importance of status in Nigerian society

 

My Rating 70%

David is a First Class student on campus from a poor background. Nancy is his girlfriend. She is not as academically capable but is from a rich connected family, which means that upon graduation she is more likely to be hired than David, despite being obviously less able.

 

David tells Nancy in trying to explain his position,

 

“Now what your father has is a social first class. What I have is a paper first class. They are two different things. What matters in this country is a social first class. I don’t have that.”

 

9 months after graduation David is unemployed. It is only when Nancy’s father writes a letter of recommendation for him to a bank that he gains employment. It is as though David is cursed as his employment joy is short lived.

 

The initial introduction of the supernatural was highly confusing. We see his mother flit from this life to the afterlife. We are introduced to her supernatural caped sons called HUNGER and FUSTRATION, whose task is to prevent David from getting a job. The reasons why are not made immediately clear.

 

David too cannot understand the reasoning behind his continual bad luck. He meets a church sister called Nancy who upon shaking his hand for the first time tells him that he is covered in chains and referred to him as being,

 

“decimated by ancestral spirits.”

 

As they get too know each other further she tells him more than once,

 

“You have eyes, but you can’t see”

 

 

If you have not watched you may want to stop reading here

***SPOILERS***

 

 

 

David Mother is dabbling in the occult and has been warned that she will die if she does not make sure that her son dies within a certain time frame. That time frame elapses and his survival is the root of his bad luck. This fact is only made clear towards the end of the film. We are also told that she killed her husband and two others. She has been trying to kill David since he was 5 without success. It would appear that David was not meant to die young.

 

 

MAN CHARLIE

 

There was a character called Man Charlie. Nancy hooks David up with an apartment and one of the neighbours called Man Charlie keeps coming around uninvited. He was a comical character that is for sure, but what was his significance within the film? If you know let me know because that one baffled me!

 

 

SOUNDTRACK

 

I appreciated the use of music in the film. It was used to build and decrease tension without being loud and overbearing as is often the case in Nollywood

 

MESSAGE

 

At the end there is a fight with the the evil spirits vs Mercy and the Pastor. The spirits are inhabited within David and they fight to rid him of them eventually overcoming them, with many screams of HOLY GHOST FI-YA!

 

The message in the story is to stay away from the occult as it is a force so powerful that it will even kill a mother’s love for her son.

 

 

This is one of those films that you may have to watch twice to get. I would recommend it because it was certainly DIFFERENT!

 

 

 

 

Solid Affection

Solid Affection

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Directed by Ikechikwu Onyekei

Story by Oluma Okonkwo

Screenplay by Tai-Emaka Obasi

 

 

SOLID AFFECTION

 

Starring

Ramsey Noah – Stanley

Oge Okoye – Sandra

Uche Jombo – Patricia

Livinus Nnochiri – Igwe

John Paul Nwadike – Paul

Muma Gee – Jane

Hakeem Rahman – DPO

Vitalis Ndubuisi – Jona

Cassandra Odita – Christy

Florence Onuma – Florence

 

 

 

Themes explored in the film

Lesbianism

Christianity

Patriotism

Justice

 

 My Rating 5/10

 

Stanley has recently graduated from college and is unemployed. His father is constantly on his case about him finding a job. He does find a job with good pay as assistant to a company CEO. The future looks bright; however all that glitters is not gold.

 

Sandra and her older sister are at loggerheads. Sandra is a born again Christian and is determined to expose her sister as receiving funds through dishonourable means to their parents.

 

Here are two separate families that are brought together in more than one way.

 

If you have not watched this film, you may want to stop reading here.

***SPOILERS***

 

Stanley and Sandra both find themselves employed at Nepa Surulere where senior bosses are defrauding money. They find out and then collect evidence to present to the EFCC in Abuja. However their plan is found out and everybody who has something to gain from the fraud is trying to put a stop to them getting to the EFCC office in Abuja.

 

Stanley and Sandra are the two main characters and both born again Christians. The Christianity agenda was pushed at every given opportunity and grew to be quite tiresome. Although the aims were to paint Christians in a good light, I just didn’t buy it. It made Christians look like sheep who are unable to think or have any opinion (in my opinion) It didn’t paint Christians in a good light to me.

 

Stanley’s boss is trying to embark on a sexual affair with him. When he refuses her advances he gives his reason as,

 

“I can’t I’m a Christian.”

 

Why couldn’t he say,

 

“No I don’t want to. I don’t even know you and I don’t believe in casual sex.”

 

Just saying that you are a Christian does not give a proper answer. It as if you have no brain and have been dictated to… speaking of the verb “dictate”

 

In one scene Stanley’s boss asks him to be a gentleman and put her jacket on for her. Why did the fool Ramsey look like he’s just been asked to shoot a new born baby? He just stares dumbfounded and doesn’t move. His boss Jane then says,

 

“Do I dictate hesitation?”

 

Huh DICTATE? How the hell do you dictate hesitation, if your name ain’t Fidel or Gadaffi? I had to rewind the make sure I heard correctly… Who wrote this script? Oh yeah it was IKECHUKWU ONYEKA. They must have told her to say detect (I would hope anyway.)

 

 

So mixed in with all the Christianity stuff was the lesbian storyline. This is getting really common in Nollywood now. Funny, a film about a man to man sexual relationship cannot make it past the censors but all this lesbian stuff is being churned out week in week out.

 

Ramsey loses his job pretty quickly for not wanting to sleep with his boss. She does refer him onto another company though. I didn’t see what the point of that was as the whole point for sacking him was to punish him for not paying ball, by giving him a job at another company and letting him keep the car and house that he was given, where is the punishment?

 

Stanley’s new job is as an account manager. His secretary is played by Oge. On her first day Stanley asks,

 

“Why are you late?”

 

She then says something about traffic. He then says,

 

“Are you a Christian?”

 

Surely there had to be a better way to let the viewer know that they are both born again?

 

The Christian agenda is pushed all the way through the film. We see one of the police Sergeants that had been instructed to kill Stanley let him go. Stanley asks him why he was freeing him and he replies,

 

“I am a practising Christian.”

 

The whole thing is like an advertisement for the church.

 

A big two hour plus advert.

 

After the Sergeant frees Stanley, he and Sandra take refuge in a church. They have escaped death and have been given food by the church’s pastor. The good Christians that they are (as has been shoved down the viewer’s throats the whooooole film) they get straight to gobbling and don’t even say grace! SHOCKER! Then to top it off Sandra AKA Virgin Mary (As her sister Patricia refers to her) talks of wanting to see the fraudsters at their workplace “hanged.” Such nice Godly talk? NONSENSE.

 

I preferred part 2 to Part 1. Part 1 was a little slow. Part 2 is where the tension picks up. We see Stanley and Sandra on the run with the Pastors nephew trying to get to Abuja by any means necessary. Every time it looks like they just might make it something happens to deter them. The pace towards the ending was good, but at the same time the events highly unrealistic.

 

After making it to EFCC in Abuja they receive 10million each for being “patriots” The EFCC agents come back to Lagos to come and give Stanley’s dad 20 million compensation for reporting fraud in his company 20 years previously and being sacked for it. They also tell Stanley and Sandra they can have any job at any government office. YEAH RIGHT? How would all that happen? There was nothing about being honest or fighting criminals, they just kept bandying the word “patriot” around. It was really used incorrectly in this film.

 

It was a fairytale ending somewhat, but we never did see what happened with the Lesbian lovers, so that was disappointing considering they played a major role in the film. We never did find out exactly what Pat did for Jane was she just her toy girl? Who knows? Maybe there is a part 3-4. If there is I know I won’t be watching it!

 

Offensive Relationship

 

Offensive Relationship, originally uploaded by NollywoodForever.

Story and Direction by Nonso Emeakaekwue
Starring:
Nonso Diobi - Harry
Mike Ezuruonye - Thomson Badmus
Joy Eleojo Egbunu - Laura
Annes Anaekwe - Helen
Fred Ariko - DPO
Thelma O’Khaz - Lucy
Ahire Uwaifo Lofty - Chief
Halima Abubakar - Susan
Ifeoma Okeke - Grace

My Rating 7/10

There are two families living on the same estate and both with problems. Thomson is married with two boys and having an affair. Harry is married and childless and accuses his wife of having an affiar with her ex-boss Thomson, who was also his work colleague.

Knowing You

Knowing You

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Directed by Reginald Ebere

 

Desmond Elliot - Nkem

Chioma Chukwuku - Uche

Barbara Ukatah - Moniq

Lanre Falana - Wale

Christopher Mayins - Obinna

Tunde Aladi - Reverend Father

 

 

 

 

THEMES EXPLORED IN THE FILM

Love

Betrayal

Corruption

 

My Rating 85%

 

How well do you really know the one you are with? And is their past important?

 

Uche is sent to live with her mother’s friend and husband after her death alongside her brother Obinna. Their uncle does not want them to go to school not wanting to waste money on children who are not his own. Uche ends up sleeping with uncle because he promises to send her to school if she does so. This one act sends her life (and the lives of others) on a downward spiral.

 

 

 

If you have not watched this film you may want to stop reading here

 

***SPOILERS***

 

 

 

Uche ends up prostituting herself. One of her clients employs her help to plant drugs on his political enemy. She frames the wrong man, who is Nkem and he ends up going to jail. Only to be freed by a career criminal who insists that he repay him by carrying out crimes. His first mission is to shoot someone. He too gets the wrong person and that person happens to be Chioma’s brother Obinna.

 

The film was excellently executed and one that really makes you think about how one action can spur on a spiral of events. It also makes you see how generally good people can be lead/driven (A La Stanford Prison experiment) to do bad things through circumstances seemingly out of their control. Of course we all have free will but it can see seen that even though both Nkem and Uche did bad things these things were behaviours far removed from their true characters.

 

The ending was great and finished off the film nicely. I also loved the music that played as the credits ran at the end of the film.

 

 

 

 

 

Wheel Of Change

 

 

 

 

WHEEL OF CHANGE

 

Written and Directed by Jeta Amata

 

 

 

Starring

Fred Amata

Rita Dominic

Mbong Odungide

Stella Damasus Aboderin

Desmond Elliot

Eric Anderson

 

 

 

 

 

Themes Explored in the film are:

Infidelity

HIV

Peer Pressure

 

MY RATING 45%

 

 

The overall message was good and it was a positive thing that they were trying to bring HIV into the open forum, but I was highly disappointed by the film, having hyped it up in my mind before watching it. The scaremongering was ridiculous.

 

 

When people face up to the fact that it is risky behaviour such as unprotected sex and intravenous drug use and other reasons such as mother to child transmission or blood transfusions that has caused this epidemic of HIV worldwide then perhaps things will change.

 

 

 

IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE FILM YOU MAY WANT TO STOP READING HERE

 

*************SPOILERS !!!**************

 

 

 

I was angered by the fact that when Christabelle became an HIV advocate and went to an HIV group gathering that around the table when people were sharing their stories none of them claimed to have contracted HIV in those ways. The reasons given were,

 

 

“a manicure”

 

“I didn’t know my gateman was using my toothbrush”

 

“I was french kissing”

 

 

Lets face it… Of the millions of people worldwide living with HIV, how many people have caught HIV from someone using their toothbrush? I have NEVER heard of such a case. When exposed to the air the virus CANNOT survive so to promote such misinformation when dealing with such a serious issue is to do people a DISSERVICE!

 

 

Twist of Fate

 

 

 

 

TWIST OF FATE

 

Story, Screenplay and Direction by Wille Ajenge

 

 

 

Starring

 

Ashley Nwosu - Ambassador

Mercy Johnson - Buchi

Desmond Elliot - Jack

Ufoma Ejenobor - Vivian

Benedict Johnson - Jude

Moses Effret - Oche

Christy Okonkwo - Asst. Com

Jennifer Uzoma – Stelle

 

 

 

MY RATING 15%

 

Themes in the film

Greed

Materialism