tolsbee's corner

🎬I first read about Editi Effiong’s The Black Book and the covid19 challenges that went into the production of the movie on his Twitter (now known as X ofcos) and the movie did show that a lot of effort was put to turn the plot to a movie of world class standard, enjoyable to watch and leaving people talking about its parallels with the Nigerian reality.
I appreciate the veteran ensemble this movie had. From Alex Usifo (I don’t think I’ve watched this man in any movie since the days of weekday afternoon movie times on NTA and AIT) to my darling Bimbo Akintola.

🍿Okay to the plot itself in “shoki” (Yoruba word for brief 😂). A father takes it upon himself to avenge the wrongful killing of his son by law enforcement agencies.
But what you will not expect is the backstory it dwells into. I already had my wooden stick out, eyes blazing ready to go on protest to seek justice. Only to find out this could be a Nollywood twisted version of John Wick.

🎭The movie score was amazing. The emotions displayed were raw. The scene that almost made me spill water on my sofa, the slaps! I dare not say more 🥲.
The action was a bit slow for me and weren’t engaging enough to keep my eyes glued to the screen. I found myself distracted through those scenes.
I also thought the whole shooting into air was a bit too dramatic. But maybe that’s how these people do in reality 😩.

▶️An overall impressive Nollywood feat and a play for me.
The Black Book is available to stream on Netflix. Have you seen it yet?