Akilla's Escape

Im going to keep this short and sweet, if you like gangster films with an emotional story and great acting and soundtrack, its for you, it gave me Goosebumps.

A decent one time watch about a young boy thrust into the world of gang violence and drug dealing and somewhat a hint of redemption in the end. A story good enough to keep you attentive, nothing over the top nor anything to write home about. Soundtrack was really great and that's about it. A decent time killer film.

This movie engaging with action and suspense. Acting was good, music was good. I'm not sure why so many people didn't like it, it's much better than most things out there.

Watched this film at the Tribute to Charles Officer during the Toronto Black Film Festival this weekend.

The acting was fantastic. The use of specific images, angles and symbolism was extremely well done. Very moving.

I am not sure why it has such a low average rating unless people were expecting typical a typical gangster style film. Please know that there is plenty of violence but it isn't gratuitous. It is intelligent and the film portrays good guys & bad guys as smart, street-smart people who live a certain lifestyle that most of us do not understand nor are we exposed to during our own day-to-day lives.

I also really enjoyed the glimpse into the Jamaicn culture.

I highly recommend this film.

Shot so well. Gripping. Great soundtrack. Highly recommend.