After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an Internet scammer in order to return to the United States.After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an Internet scammer in order to return to the United States.After being sent to Nigeria against his will, a stubborn Nigerian-American teenager joins forces with an Internet scammer in order to return to the United States.
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I don't usually rate movies online but I decided to come rate this one.
First of, It was very obvious that Pius is not Nigerian. His accent is far from that of a Nigerian, he only trued to mimic. I had to go online to read about the actor after listening to the accent and my guess was right, he is only Nigerian by name.
Pius also doesn't have the 'ginger' and energy of a Nigerian, and a scammer at that.
Rumoukoro is in Port Harcourt, the setting of the movie is Lagos, but Wallace met Pius at Rumoukoro, how?
Lastly, are there no final checks at the airport? How is he going to fly to the US? Won't there be passport checks before final boarding? Again, Us Immigration? How does he intend to bypass them even if he succeeds in Nigeria?
How do you fly with another name, and image on your passport? He didn't even change the photo.
Too many things not adding, too many loopholes, a less than average rating for me.
First of, It was very obvious that Pius is not Nigerian. His accent is far from that of a Nigerian, he only trued to mimic. I had to go online to read about the actor after listening to the accent and my guess was right, he is only Nigerian by name.
Pius also doesn't have the 'ginger' and energy of a Nigerian, and a scammer at that.
Rumoukoro is in Port Harcourt, the setting of the movie is Lagos, but Wallace met Pius at Rumoukoro, how?
Lastly, are there no final checks at the airport? How is he going to fly to the US? Won't there be passport checks before final boarding? Again, Us Immigration? How does he intend to bypass them even if he succeeds in Nigeria?
How do you fly with another name, and image on your passport? He didn't even change the photo.
Too many things not adding, too many loopholes, a less than average rating for me.
I was invested in the story all the way through and I think it also had a cool ending. Worth watching Definitely
I really enjoyed this movie. I didn't find it to be too slow as one reviewer said (and I can be very impatient when it comes to books and movies). If I can find the time, I hope to make a study guide and use this film with my middle grades students who don't seem to realize the creature comforts they enjoy living in the US. It will also be good to teach them that as youngsters, they don't know everything and need to listen to their parents and other adults who have their best interests at heart.
-The type of genre filmmaking American cinema used to excel at. Now it is left to a 30 year old (at time of filming) Nigerian-American to take over from where so many other American director have failed
-Where this excels it first and foremost the script. Probably one of the best written movies I've seen in a very long time. Like "Back to the Future", almost every single character, line of dialogue, or scene is meant to be either set up and payed off or be in service of moving the plot along. There is not a single wasted line, wasted character, and wasted development. Every single thing matters in this film and goddamn if that isn't refreshing to see. When even the main character's name "Eze" goes with his easy manipulated character, you know you have a perfect and well thought out script on your hands
-The direction is also excellent in this, great directing of actors, but the blocking is also fantastic. I harp on digital cinema a good amount, but when a director actually knows how use it, then I am for it. So much of this movie is creatively shot or framed, lots of wonderful characters-looking-into-camera shots during intense emotional sequences. Great use of framing for comedic moments (comedy lives in wide angle), and just really gorgeous looking movie, everything feels so perfectly handled behind the camera. I would argue Okoro's direction is on the level of Michael Mann's in "Blackhat" which is very high praise
-And along with direction & editing, this movie is perfectly paced, not an ounce of fat on this entire thing. Even a simple dialogue scene that seems unnecessary is used purposefully to detail a character's philosophy and motivations. The movie never stops moving, and yet still always manages to have time to set characters up, and have a beginning, middle, and end to every single sequence. If I were to think of it like the sports fan I am, I would say it is in equivalence to a baseball pitcher throwing a no hitter or a hockey goaltender getting a 50 save shutout. Just a director and editor both working to create a movie that despite being 101 minutes, only feels about 70 minutes long. Probably the most perfectly paced movie I've seen in a very long time, probably since maybe "Surrender Dorothy"
-Also manages to do a fantastic job creating and building a fully realized world. Nigeria is essentially a character in this, a land of well-meaning people having to deal with and service themselves in the land of scammers. And in the land of scammers, everyone is a target. But similar to "Blackhat", the country of Nigeria is so well-realized, you get a great sense of geography and what the country is about. And like with "Blackhat" every single scene at night is perfectly shot and lit, utilizing digital filmmaking to a strength
-A writer-director understanding his film perfectly at every single level, from editing, lighting, cinematography, blocking, performances, and screenplay structure. Kind of a perfect movie in all honesty. And just like another near perfect Netflix movie from the same year, "Calibre". This director has yet to make anything since, and that is such a shame.
-Anyone who misses great genre filmmaking but for some reason won't read subtitles. Not only do you not have to read subtitles, but if you own Netflix there is one of the best genre films from the last decade just sitting there. This desperately needs to be seen more.
-Where this excels it first and foremost the script. Probably one of the best written movies I've seen in a very long time. Like "Back to the Future", almost every single character, line of dialogue, or scene is meant to be either set up and payed off or be in service of moving the plot along. There is not a single wasted line, wasted character, and wasted development. Every single thing matters in this film and goddamn if that isn't refreshing to see. When even the main character's name "Eze" goes with his easy manipulated character, you know you have a perfect and well thought out script on your hands
-The direction is also excellent in this, great directing of actors, but the blocking is also fantastic. I harp on digital cinema a good amount, but when a director actually knows how use it, then I am for it. So much of this movie is creatively shot or framed, lots of wonderful characters-looking-into-camera shots during intense emotional sequences. Great use of framing for comedic moments (comedy lives in wide angle), and just really gorgeous looking movie, everything feels so perfectly handled behind the camera. I would argue Okoro's direction is on the level of Michael Mann's in "Blackhat" which is very high praise
-And along with direction & editing, this movie is perfectly paced, not an ounce of fat on this entire thing. Even a simple dialogue scene that seems unnecessary is used purposefully to detail a character's philosophy and motivations. The movie never stops moving, and yet still always manages to have time to set characters up, and have a beginning, middle, and end to every single sequence. If I were to think of it like the sports fan I am, I would say it is in equivalence to a baseball pitcher throwing a no hitter or a hockey goaltender getting a 50 save shutout. Just a director and editor both working to create a movie that despite being 101 minutes, only feels about 70 minutes long. Probably the most perfectly paced movie I've seen in a very long time, probably since maybe "Surrender Dorothy"
-Also manages to do a fantastic job creating and building a fully realized world. Nigeria is essentially a character in this, a land of well-meaning people having to deal with and service themselves in the land of scammers. And in the land of scammers, everyone is a target. But similar to "Blackhat", the country of Nigeria is so well-realized, you get a great sense of geography and what the country is about. And like with "Blackhat" every single scene at night is perfectly shot and lit, utilizing digital filmmaking to a strength
-A writer-director understanding his film perfectly at every single level, from editing, lighting, cinematography, blocking, performances, and screenplay structure. Kind of a perfect movie in all honesty. And just like another near perfect Netflix movie from the same year, "Calibre". This director has yet to make anything since, and that is such a shame.
-Anyone who misses great genre filmmaking but for some reason won't read subtitles. Not only do you not have to read subtitles, but if you own Netflix there is one of the best genre films from the last decade just sitting there. This desperately needs to be seen more.
The idea of the movie is original and has potentials but the script and the directing didn't quite help .. it was a bit slow especially for the first half , then events picked up and you could feel some action going on ,, but still you can also sense some drag ,, though the ending was unexpected ,, so i gotta give them that at least.
The cast was mediocre,, the two leads , Antonio J Bell and Chinaza Uche did well but they didn't have enough chemistry to make this work .. the other characters were just okay ,,
final judgment, really good concept with below average effort by Faraday Okoro... could've done more.
The cast was mediocre,, the two leads , Antonio J Bell and Chinaza Uche did well but they didn't have enough chemistry to make this work .. the other characters were just okay ,,
final judgment, really good concept with below average effort by Faraday Okoro... could've done more.
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- TriviaWhen Grace takes Eze out and scolds him about his food, she tells him it's Nigerian food, which is true in the sense that it's from Nigerian fast food chain Sweet Sensation, although what he's eating is a Boga Masta shawarma, a typical Middle Eastern dish.
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- 1h 44m(104 min)
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- 2.39:1
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