English: My first Nigerian movie. . . . For the past several years, I have come across a number of reports telling about how the country of Nigeria has a successful domestic film industry. While that fact definitely intrigued me, I was unable to find any Nigerian movies available for me to look at until I stumbled upon this one on Netflix. To be honest, I was expecting something pretty crudely made, and to a large degree this is true. While there are some pretty good composed shots and/or direction that indicate that at times some real effort was being made by the filmmakers, the movie has far more shortcomings. The cinematography is unimpressive, there's very little in the way of production values, and the acting by many of the performers is amateurish. Actually, I might have been able to forgive all that had the movie's biggest problem did not exist, that being that it's far too long (121 minutes in length) and far too slowly paced. This is a story that really needed to be cut down either at the script stage or when the footage was being edited. There is a twist towards the end that's a little interesting (despite my ability to somewhat predict it before it unfolded), but it's too little and too late to make it worth sitting through a story that's too long and too slow. Still, if you have heard of Nigerian cinema and are curious about experiencing a sample of it, I've just told you of one possible accessible choice.
Translation: Shirin Najeriya na na farko. . . . A shekaru dayawa da suka wuce, Na ga rahoto masu ɗan yawa suna magana gameda yanda ƙasar Najeriya takeda masana'antar shiri na gida mai nasara. Yayin da wannan gaskiyar tabbas ya ja hankalina, Na kasa samun wani shirin Najeriya wanda akwai don ni na kalla har sai da nayi tuntuɓe akan wannan a Netflix. Gaskiya, Nayi tsammanin wani abu da akayi da ɗan rashin ƙwarewa, kuma a babban mataki wannan gaskiya ne. Yayinda akwai wasu ɗauka da aka haɗa masu ɗan kyau da/ ko bada umarni da ya nuna cewa wani lokacin anyi wasu ƙoƙari na gaskiya daga masu yin shiri, shirin yanada gazawa dayawa. Cinematogography ɗin ba mai burgewa bane, akwai ƙaranci sosai a yanayin darajar samarwa, kuma wasan kwaikwayo daga yawancin masu yi akwai rashin ƙwarewa. Haƙiƙa, Da zan iya yafe wa duka da ya saka babban matsalan shirin bai wanzu ba, cewa kasancewar haka yayi tsayi dayawa (mintuna 121 a tsayi) kuma tafiyan yayi jinkiri dayawa.Wannan labari ne da ake buƙata dagaske a yanke ko a matakin rubutu ko lokacin da ake gyaran ɓangaren bidiyon. Akwai ruɗani zuwa ƙarshen da yayi ban sha'awa kaɗan (dukda iko na ɗan iya hasashenshi kafin ya bayyana), amma yayi kaɗan dayawa kuma yayi tsayi da zai saka shi cancantan zama har ƙarshen labarin da yayi tsayi dayawa kuma jinkiri dayawa. Har yanzu, Idan ka taɓa ji akan siniman Najeriya kuma kun kasance masu son sani gameda samun masaniya akan samfurin shi. Na faɗa muku akan ɗayan zaɓin inda zaka samu mai yiwuwa.