Love Jacked

The "pretend to be a couple and then actually fall in love" trope has been done many times. But Love Jacked manages to inject some different elements, and made for an enjoyable movie.

I must warn, the first 15 minutes or so were confusing, I think because it was not clear which man was destined to become the main male character. But eventually we get to the setup: Maya has dumped her African fiance but has told her family she is still engaged, while Malcolm is on the run from a bad guy and needs to hide. Solution: Malcolm pretends to be the African fiance and stays with her family. So in with the "pretend to be a couple" movie we've got the "pretend to be a foreigner when you're not" and "on the run from someone who wants to kill you" movies.

And somehow, it works. The plot delivers plenty of laughs, a bit of suspense, and has a few twists on the way to its mostly predictable happy ending.

This is not a big budget film. So just enjoy it for what it is. A cute lovable film!

Characters well developed. Beautiful scenes. It sounds so humorous American African speaking afrikaan. Nice warm family movie.

This movie had me laughing from start to finish! A feel good film with great humour and beautiful scenery. Highly recommend seeing this feel-good film!

What a great movie! So much fun, great South African scenery, fabulous soundtrack. Shamier does such a great job and is so funny. Amber also plays such a great role. Fun for the whole family. A few twists along the way make for just a great funny movie experience!