THE NAME JOHN WOO WILL STRIKE ANY DIE HARD ACTION FAN AS THE BEST AND ACCLAIMED ACTION DIRECTOR IN THE WORLD.IN THE NIGERIAN SET UP WE HAVE SOME DIRECTORS WHO ARE CRAVING THEIR NAME IN THAT GENRE. I PRESENT THE FORMIDABLE ONES:
TECO BENSON HE IS THE GUY THAT TOOK UP THE GENRE WITH FULL FORCE AFTER THE SUCCESS OF
AMAKA IGWE'S RATTLESNAKE.HE TOOK OFF WITH HIS OFFBEAT
EYE 4 EYE(1999). AFTER
EXECUTIVE CRIME HE EXPERIMENTED WITH AN UNCONVINCING ST OBI AS AN ACTION STAR. TECO REACHED HIS PEAK WITH
STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH SUPERB PERFORMANCE FROM HIS CAST OF
EJIKE ASIEGBU,RACHEL ONIGA,ASHLEY NWOSU,BIMBO MANUEL AND THE BEST ACT OF THE FILM J.T TOM WEST (WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST UNDER RATED ACTOR IN THE LAND). TECO BUILT AMOMENTUM WITH THIS SUCCESSFULL FILM THAT HAD SEVERAL RIP OFFS. HIS WAR FRONT WAS NOT ALL THAT POWERFULL.TECO'S MAJOR FLAW IN HIS STORY IS HE ACTUALLY BACKOFFS FROM THE ETHICS OF AN ACTION MOVIE WHICH IS ENDING A MOVIE WITH A GRAND SHOOTOUT FINALE.WATCH
STATE OF EMERGENCY AN AUDIENCE WON'T BE TOO THRILLED WITH THE FALL OF JT WEST AND HIS CREW BY A MERE ELECTRIC SURGE. HE ALSO MAKES USE OF THE THEME OF DEATH AS FAVORABLE JUSTICE FOR THE VILLIANS IN HIS MOVIES.TAKE THE DEATH OF LUGA IN
FALSE ALARM(TECO'S BEST MOVIE) AND TONY UMEZ IN
EXECUTIVE CRIME. ALLTHIS APART TECO TAKES HIS PLACE AS AN ACTION DIRECTOR WHO CHANGED THE FACE OF THE FILM MAKING IN NIGERIA.
IFEANYI ONYEABORJOHN WOO IS A GREAT ACTION MAESTRO BUT IN SOME MOVIES HE EMPLOYS STUNT DIRECTORS TO CHOREOGRAPHY SOME ACTION SEQUENCE(RINGO LAM IN
A BETTER TOMORROW 2).ONYEABOR FALLS IN THIS CATEGORY.HIS EXPERIMENT WITH HIS STUNT FILLED MOVIE
SCOUTS PROVED HE IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. ONYEABOR IS A VERY
GOOD STUNT DIRECTOR.HIS FIGHT SCENES ARE GOOD AND GIVES HIM CLASS.MADE AKI AND UKWA DUO LOOK GOOD IN
JOLLOF RICE TO BELLY HIS FORESIGHT.
TARILA THOMPSONA HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT AS A DIRECTOR.HIS CHOEOGRAPHIES FOR HIS EARLY MOVIES
LOVE WITHOUT LANGUAGE AND
BACKSTAB(1996) WERE GREAT BUT HIS VENTURE INTO FULL TIME DIRECTING PUTS HIM OUT OF THE SCORE.HIS EFFORTS WITH ST OBI IN
MORE THAN A WOMAN AND
SENSATIONAL SPY ARE A DRAB.HE MADE A NONSENSE OF TECO'S EARLY SUCCESS IN HIS OWN TAKE OF THE SEQUELS FOR
STATE AND
WARFRONT.HE IS GOOD AS A MARTIAL ACTS DIRACTOR OF THE OLD DAYS SHOULD DO SOME CHECKS BEFORE HE OPTS FOR THE SEAT AGAIN.
IZU OJUKWUTHIS GUY IS ONE HELL OF A MYSTERY.THE OTHER GUYS ARE VERY POPULAR IN THE CIRCLE BUT THIS CHAP REMAIN SOMETHING ELSE.IZU IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST FILM DIRECTOR IN THE LAND AND HE IS ABOUT TO GET HIS NAME PLACED WHERE IT BELONGS.HE MADE THE STUNNERS
SHOWDOWN AND
THE WORLD IS MINE.UNPOPULAR MOVIES THEY ARE BUT THEY ARE A STANDOUT DUE TO THIS GUY'S SENSE OF AESTHETICS.IN THE DERICO ERA,HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE CHARACTER IN HIS ACTIONIER DESPERADOES IS THE BOMB. IZU'S STRENGHT IS HIS USE OF UNORTHODOX CAMERA ANGLES,MOVEMENT AND ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY.CHECK OUT SHARKLES AND THE RUGGED CROSS,IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND 11TH HOUR.HE BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN HIS ACTORS AND CREW.HE DOES NOT GO FOR FACE ACTORS AND BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN JT TOM WEST NO WONDER HE WAS AT THE HELMS FOR TWO BIG BUDGETS IN RECENT TIMES:
ACROSS THE NIGER AND
LA VIVA .IZU IS NOT YOUR REGULAR JOHN WOO, RINGO LAM OR ROBERT RODRIGUEZ HE IS JUST IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN.THE BEST BET FOR A STUNNING ACTIONIER.
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