OCTOBER 1ST (movie review)

October 1

Starring: Kunle Afolayan, Sadiq Daba,Demola Adedoyin, Kehinde Bankole

Running Time: 2hr23mins

Cert: 18

I’ll have to confess that the only reason I actually decided to watch this movie on its day of release was because i was totally jobless, heard so much noise about it on Dstv and it was yet another Kunle afolariyn’s movie not because I was blown away by the trailer, or the story, or that I loved the people that made up the cast. But now I guess you truly can’t judge a book by its cover. With a movie like this the AMVCA’s and AAMA’s cannot deny us any nomination.

I have never been this spell bounded, keep in so much suspends and trilled by a Nigerian movie like this before, it was all kinds of crazy, exciting, very educative, inspirational and so much fun to watch without the normal storylines in which you could guess the end from the beginning, it was like watching Sherlock Holmes and J. Edgar all in one.

Storyline

An elderly and famous detective (inspector Dan Waziri) is sent by the then western police about a month to independence to a small town (Akote) to solve a series of murders that involves virgin teenage girls who are raped, brutally murdered and left with an X symbol on their chest. He arrives the community on the day they welcomed their first university graduate Aderodpo who is the prince and heir to the throne. He and his police officers began investigations but with no leads, witness, and suspects. The murderer strikes over and over again bringing the total number of victims to 6. He is faced with a conflict of tribalism, love, religion, politics, revenge, illiteracy, and conspiracy all to find who truly is the serial killer but behind every villain there is always a story.

 Deep Thoughts

Basically the movie was an eye opener to the role of politics in justice, the imbalance that has always existed between the various tribes in Nigeria and the fact that they never trust each other, the transition of Nigeria from British rule to independence, the fact that Nigeria may not have been ready for independence when it arrived, That education may not have been the shining light it was thought to be but it may have also had a price too high to pay.it also shows the respect and regard that Nigerians have always had for our tradition over the Whiteman’s authority. It show how far we as a country have come from 1960 to date and the fact that we’ve actually done something in terms of civilisation and development.  This movie may not sit well with the roman Catholics  in the sense that it portrays a catholic priest as a paedophile whose actions creates a sadistic killer who seeks comfort for his soul by shedding blood and terrorising the innocent.

Rating

Storyline: the storyline was on point and had a lot of suspense and intrigue

Cast: although I was a bit sceptical at first not seeing the regular Nollyword A list actors, I must say that the cast was well selected and did and amazing job in portraying each character and bringing them to life.

Production quality: Kunle was said to have spent about 200 million Naira in the production of this movie and every kobo showed. The set production, the visual and audio production was something we have never seen in Nollyword.

Costumes and makeup: also for the first time we get to see a Nollyword movie that has the appropriate costume and makeup for the time it was meant to portray beyond any doubt, I mean what else can you  expect when a producer teams             up with one of the formidable fashion designers in the country Mrs. Deola Sagoe. 

Visual and audio effect: I think one of the things that made this movie outstanding in the fact that your brain interpreted every bit of this movie with trills, shock, fear, anxiety made possible by the wonderful visuals and audio effect. The use of light and color schemes to show different time intervals was really something to watch

Soundtrack: thought it didn’t really have an outstanding soundtrack like Figurine’s Araromire soundtrack, its soundtrack was quit entertaining

  Wiffey’s Rating: 72%

In summary this is a must watch movie for all Nigerians and it’s also a reminder that we have the potentials to make movies that can capture the world, thumbs up to Kunle Afolayan for a job Weldon.