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: Ere ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà àgbéléwò mi àkọ́kọ́ . . Fún ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún sẹ́yìn, mo ti ṣe alábàápàdé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ èsì àti ìròyìn tó ń sọ nípa pé Nàìjíríà tí ni ile ìṣe tó n sàgbéjádé èré àgbéléwò. Bí ó tilè je pé èyí wúmi lórí, n kò rí eré ilé̩ Nàìjíríà kankan wo àfi ìgbà tí mo kàn sàdéédé rí èyí lórí Netflix. Lóòótọ́, nǹkan ti mò ń retí ni mo rí. Mo rí àwọn ibi tí w̩o̩n kó ṣe dáadáa látàrí àìsí irinsé̩ tó múnádóko. Bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn ibi kọ̀ọ̀kan wà tí wọ́n ṣe dáadáa ati ìdarí tó tókasí pé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ akitiyan ni àwọn osere ṣe, ère yìí ni àwọn kùdìè̩kudie̩ tó pò̩. Abala àwòrán yíya kò dára tó bẹ́ẹ̀ sì ni ère sise àwọn òs̩èré kò fi wọ́n hàn bí akó̩s̩é̩mo̩s̩é̩. . . Lóòótọ́, ǹ bá tilè̩ ní kí n fojú fò gbogbo àwọn kùdìè̩kudie̩ yìí ká sọ pé wàhálà ńlá tí ere yìí ni kò sí nibẹ. Ère yìí tí gùn ju (ìsé̩jú mó̩kànléló̩gó̩fà) bẹẹ si ni o ti fà nílè ju. Ó yẹ kí wọ́n gé ìtàn yìí kúrú yálà nígbà tí wọ́n ń kọ́ ọ ní tàbí nígbà tí wọ́n ń ṣe àgbéyè wo rẹ. Ibikan wá ní ibi ìparí rẹ tó wú ni lórí bí ó tilè̩ jé̩ pe mo wòye rẹ̩̀ kì ó tó ṣẹlẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kò pẹ́ rárá àti pé ìgbéjáde abala yìí ti pé̩ jù láti yí àwọn ènìyàn lọ́kàn padà nipa ere tó gùn tó sì tún fà nílè̩. Síbẹ̀ síbẹ̀ tí ó bá ti gbó̩ nípa Sinima ilé Nàìjíríà tí ó sì tún ń wù ọ láti ni ìrírí rẹ̀, a jẹ́ pé mò ti fi ìkan hàn ọ́.