You know when you’ve been craving for a particular meal and finally get to eat and enjoy it so much so that you’re asking for more, Ruth Kadiri has just quenched my appetite and I’m here to say "take your flowers."
Call me a local girl, but I love village settings (epic) movies, especially one with a good storyline and plot. We’ve been asking for something different from the usual, and the serial producer said “say no more…say less!”
I loved that she split this into two parts cause if I had seen 3hours+ or 4 hours as the duration, that would have been an immediate turnoff. Now, releasing the two parts on the same day was wild. What!!!
I was already getting ready to post that I missed the days when we used to have Nollywood movies in parts. It’s a psychological marketing strategy for film production and interest-building, mostly when the film is good.
Here...ABOUT THE FILM
Ifeme (Daniel Etim-Effiong) is the only son of the King (played by Anslem Omeh). He’s rude, womanises, and is spoilt by his arrogant mother, the Queen (played by Oby Titus).
At his birth, there is a prophecy that troubles the King greatly until he decides to reveal this to his family many years later, which further causes a disturbance in the family & the entire royal household.
A quest in search of the “Great One” named Icheku (portrayed by Ujam Chukwunonso) is required and Olamma (Ruth Kadiri) being the personal maid to the Prince, against all odds volunteers to go.
Will Olamma succeed in this mission? What is the prophecy that is so unsettling so much so as to require a journey? Who is Icheku, and why is he called the “Great One”?
MY THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS
As earlier stated, this was enjoyable.
It started like the normal love stories on YouTube that we see these days that one could easily roll their eyes like “how is this different?” as perhaps only having an epic twist. It, however, later metamorphosed into something intriguing, captivating, and compelling, especially from the sequel.
True, the storyline is not so new as it appears to be like one of those old Nollywood epic movies since it resorted to adopting the “quest-mission-journey” approach infused in a love triangle as per its storytelling, I’m however pleased that they managed to pull it off in the overall plot.
A greater percentage of the actors did great, but my best character is Icheku (Ujam). He took this movie to a whole new level with his interpretation. It is safe to say he’s the light of the movie. I also loved Daniel’s acting too…he held and sustained his iconic composure & demeanor throughout.
To be brutally honest, this movie would have had a whole different layer if another actress had played the character of Olamma. Please don’t get me wrong…I mean no disrespect to the very delectable RK. She did amazing interpreting that role. I just feel that a different face would have been more exciting.
This movie touched on love, insanely huge sacrifice for love, karma (what goes around comes around), the cost of desperation, the impact of selfishness, and generally, great lessons on life.
Kosiso (played by Oma Nnadi) got what she deserved. But why did Ifeme not speak up in time? Perhaps he would have been able to avert or put a stop to Kosiso’s plans.
The picture quality was crisp as usual (RK’s camera game is top notch), the costuming was phenomenal, the soundtrack was amazing (I couldn’t help but notice how they used an Igbo version of one of Martin Hero’s song “I need someone to hold my hands”). That was spectacular
However,
Some parts where Olamma is seen in search of Icheku in regards to the quest wasn’t very believable as she appears to have just rigmarole in one area. It didn’t feel real for impact.
Does Icheku also possess shapeshifting powers to have been two persons in the movie cause who’s Afam, and why did he disappear from the movie? Or is Afam the same person as Icheku? Did I miss something?
Before the tragedy, Olamma’s right-hand girl was seen in excruciating pains. Did she dïe from the pains? What caused her pains?
When the king was given the prophecy at the start of the movie, his facial expression didn’t match the news. The same thing happened when Olamma was accused at the end of the movie in part 2. Some of her facial expressions, too, were not in sync.
Some of the lines used were equally not in tandem with the era portrayed in the movie. An example “…tomorrow evening!” In the olden days and movies of this nature, you’d hear “…at sundown tomorrow…!” Also, saying “…it is past your bedtime” for someone you’re trying to wake up seemed out of place. Or have they changed the meaning?
Was that lady honest that the prince impregnated her? If yes…hmmm! Did the gods lie? Also, what’s the whereabouts of the baby and mother?
Be that as it may, I thoroughly enjoyed this, to be honest. It was interesting, entertaining, relaxing, and relatable.
If you do not take anything from this movie, let me give you one. When a woman loves, she loves, and when that love turns to hate, she hates!!!
No major spoilers, so go feast!
Until next time...BYE!