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: Ihe nkiri mbụ m si Naịjịrịa…. Kamgbe ọtụtụ afọ, ahụgo m ederede dị icheiche gbasara etu Naịjịrịa siri bụ ọkaibe na mmeputa ihe nkiri ha. Ya bụ akụkọ masịrị m. Mana ahụghị m ihe nkiri si Naịjịrịa m ga-ekiri ruo mgbe m zutere nke a na Netflix. Ikwu eziokwu, ana m atụ anya ihe amara mee, emekwara nke a ọfụma. Ihe ngosipụta ya gosiri na ndị mepụtara ya tinyere mmụọ ha na ya mana enwere ebe o rigasịrị mperi. Ihe ngosi ya amaghị mma. Ụfọdụ ndị agwa mere ka ụmụaka na ngosipụta agwa ha. Akara m ịgbaghara ihe nkiri a mana nkeji ya toro aka ( nkeji nari iri abụọ na otu) ma na-akpụkwa akpụ. Ihe a bụ akụkọ e kwesịrị ibi nkenke mgbe a na-ede ya maọbụ mgbe a na-ebukọ emereme ya ọnụ. Emereme ya na ngwụcha adọghị mmasị (n’agbanyeghi etu m si nwaa ike m ịkata ihe ga-eme na ya). Ịnọ ala na-ele ihe nkiri toro ogologo na-akpụ akpụ bụ itufu oge. Mana ọ bụrụ na ịnụgo maka sịnịma Naịjịrịa ma nwee mmasị ịhụ otu, agwago m gị nke I nwereike ile.