Gangs Of Lagos: A roller coaster ride of thrill and emotions: Nigerian auteur Jáde Osiberu’s gritty crime thriller Gangs of Lagos is as terrifying as it is terrific. Serving as Prime Video’s first African original, the running time, just over two hours,…
Nigerian auteur Jáde Osiberu’s gritty crime thrilleris as terrifying as it is terrific. Serving as Prime Video’s first African original, the running time, just over two hours, demands commitment and concentration from viewers. But Osiberu understood the assignment, calling for your undivided attention in every edit. For the most part the film is pacy, tight and riveting.
The music and wardrobe effortlessly become another driving force in the narrative. The action and fight sequences are 100% brutal, exhilarating and choreographed to perfection.While the film can be recognised for being genre-specific, there is no shying away from the aestheticisation of violence. I watch the film on my flight to Nigeria, a day before the world premiere.
The central premise dramatises how a dream delayed is not a dream denied. The film depicts the hustle and bustle of Isale Eko through the gaze of three childhood friends Obalola , Gift and Ify with big dreams. But their destiny takes an unexpected turn after their surrogate father Nino is brutally killed. Fast-forward to their adulthood, the trio navigate a life of gangsterism in an attempt to avenge Nino’s death, to devastating results.
“It’s mainly because of how I grew up and my mom was a big part of my upbringing. She’s an independent woman and she has seven sisters. They are all fiercely independent and powerful. I don’t know women who are damsels.”2018 finalist Bakre do not take this big break for granted.“ I feel blessed and it’s not something I chased after. I see people sending audition tapes, because it’s tough out there. I’ve seen friends and girlfriends who are actors,” Osebuka says.
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