Overrated as usual. Once a movie has young and good-looking actors, nice houses nice clothes and cars are flaunted, we tend to call it a good movie.

The story is bleh. The Boston Brown character messed everything up, especially his James Bond role. Again, sabotaging of the plane is quite unrealstic. It takes time and lots of professionals to crack the cause of a plane crash.

My rating is 5/10 for the fact that the acting is quite good. Nigerian actors are quite good.

Yabsun:


Okay, hope you’ve watched “The Trade”?

I haven't.

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I thought everyone in the movie were Hausa. All good acting.

masterfactor:
The movie is great, Patrick Doyle killed his role abeg, you will think that he is a hausa man.

iguita:
I thought everyone in the movie were Hausa. All good acting.

Not all of them, but Patrick Doyle is the real MVP, he killed his role.

I think those who have northern background or lived in the north would find the movie interesting cos they'd be able to relate. But others, not so sure.

safarigirl:


Now, I must say, the trailer of this series alone was quite mouthwatering and promising in its own right. I've found something of a new interest in seeking out Nollywood stories told outside the Lagos hegemony, so, this production kept to that requirement for me. The exploration of the Northern political scene (and perhaps Nigeria at large) using a fictional state is quite refreshing. We see the depiction of a Northern elite jostling for power with strategic alignments and decisions.

I just finished seeing this movie now and it's a solid 9/10 for me.

I am going to take enough time too review it alongside you.

safarigirl:

As regards the story itself, it is well told. Each of the characters is fleshed out in such a way that you can see them being actual power players in the political scene; we have the guy with good intentions, albeit poor guidance, his very ambitious wife who doesn't quite share his naivety, a power hungry incumbent willing to do whatever to remain in office, the upstanding police officer whose attempts to do right is often sabotaged by higher ups, the old friend with a vendetta after surviving a betrayal, and then the seemingly pious friend with no desire for political explorations, who is, in fact, the puppet master pulling the strings unseen.

The story is well written.

I have always known Binta to be the evil queen from the Sons of the Caliphate, but I couldn't have imaged that BK is even deeper into the shit. Dude was seemingly pious.

safarigirl:


Each character is believable, but even moreso, beyond the believable nature of the characters, the actors who play these roles fully embody their characters. Rahama Sadau, Mofe Duncan, Yakubu Mohammed and Patrick Doyle reprise their roles from Sons of The Caliphate as Binta Kutigi-Bula, Nuhu Bula, Dikko Loko and General Umar Loko. Rahama Sadau puts in a glorious shift in that role, she manifests the ambitious wife of Nuhu Bula, willing to cross lines her innocent husband is never fully aware of. Binta is ruthless in her quest for power and every word, every inflection and every gesture from Rahama in that role, fully signifies this. It is perhaps, one of her best performances, if not her best. She becomes the villain you find yourself rooting for, or even more, wanting to be. She oozes the sort of power you imagine a woman should possess to be a power house. Of the main characters, we see the introduction of a new, but formidable character in Buba Koda, played by Ifeanyi Kalu. Buba is your quintessential Northern elite, a member of the royal family poised to be Emir after the unexpected death of Khalifa. He's also a loverboy of sorts, courting his girlfriend, Alicia Kama, who he's eager to make his Mrs. You get the feeling Buba is the new Khalifa, however, the lengths of his quest for power are not immediately obvious.

All the characters delivered and were at their best.

I don't think this is Rahama's best performance ever. She is naturally gifted and she always kills all their performances effortlessly as if she was born for it. For me, she is the greatest actress to ever come from the North.

safarigirl:


Which brings me to another positive part of this series; the writing. Honestly, writing is something I am very particular about in productions. Not just with the story structure and plotline, but particularly with the dialogue. A story is as good as its dialogue and the dialogue in War: Wrath and Revenge is very very good. This is most obvious in the scene Binta confronts Nuhu with his infidelity, and then goes on to reveal to him that she was responsible for the plane crash that led to the death of Khalifa. The acting is top-notch, but the writing is absolutely thrilling itself. The infusion of Hausa in conversations is also commendable. To be honest, there may have been scenes that called for more Hausa than English, but I can't say if that failure is more on the writers or the actors inability to perhaps speak as fluently...but that's a different kettle of tea, I'd rather not digress.

This is the only reason I didn't rate the movie 10/10.

safarigirl:

Now, another thing I like is the wardrobe. See, the outfits each of the actors wore was giving Northern high fashion. Binta Bula's wardrobe is the stuff of dreams, each outfit is very much modest, but still very stylish, Alicia Kama also has an admirable collection of corporate wears, I'm not as versed as I'd like to be as regards Arewa male fashion, however, I have seen a good number of more attuned persons who have praise for the style on Nuhu Bula and Buba Koda, there is particular admiration for Buba's caps. Personally, the tailoring of the outfits caught my eye the most. I look out for fabric quality and tailoring a lot, and the tailoring of Nuhu Bula and Buba Koda's clothes are impeccable.

Whoever was in charge of the wardrobe deserves a tip. Binta's and Alicia's dressings inspired me with some ideas to start a female clothing line targeted at Southern ladies. I'll explore that option early next year once I sort the project I am currently working on.

safarigirl:


The setting is also very good, like I said, it's set in a fictional state, but the actual shoot is done in Abuja I believe. We see the affluence associated with the Northern elite where necessary, and simplicity where necessary.

That movie is likely shot in Kano, not Abuja.

safarigirl:


The cinematography is nice. Once again, great angles. I particularly liked how the approach of certain characters are captured from behind them, so, we see everything ahead of them. It was my favourite part of the cinematography. Effects were good, the shooting scenes did not look ridiculous. Even when a character was shot pointblank in the head, it was well done.

I don't much about shooting angles.

safarigirl:


Now that we're done with the positives, a few issues observed, starting with the writing. As earlier stated, Nuhu should have used more Hausa in certain scenes, Pandita Agu as Alima, Nuhu's mistress, spoke more Hausa than Mofe as Nuhu in the entire production. There's a scene Nuhu Bula is addressing the people of a small village, and he uses English, which wouldn't apply in reality. Like I said, this may not be so much a failure from the writer's end, than an accommodation of the actor's limitations with the language.

This oversight is the only reason I didn't rate the movie 10/10.

safarigirl:

Furthermore, while well done, certain scenes just look like overkill eg. Why is Boston Bobby Brown, who is simply contracted to investigate an air crash, suddenly doubling as a detective, and martial arts blackbelt holder with a thirst for justice? Really, what is his business in all of this, aside his seeming infatuation with the beautiful Alicia Kama? He went to lengths he really shouldn't have bothered with if we're being real.

At a point I got angry with him and even wished he was killed.

safarigirl:

Secondly, once again, sticking to reality, there is no way on election day, that any media house will give you airtime to reveal some grand conspiracy about the Governorship aspirant and some other high profile personalities. It's another case of from where to where? And in today's Nigeria, such revelations won't have the impact that we see it have in the final scene. The outline of events in the final episode are quite iffy to be honest, not enough to significantly impact how good the story is in general, because the plot twist is still too good, but if you're particular about story seamlessness, it may grind your gears a bit, but if you're out for a good watch, you'll be fine. [?quote]
This shocked me too.

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Now, to my favourite scene in this series. Aside Binta's confrontation of her cheating husband, my favourite scene has to be where Buba rescues Alicia from an irate mob, and reads his cousin the Riot Act. Ladies and Gentlemen, that's what an Alpha Male looks like, that's the sort of masculine energy that is appreciated.

I don't think I have a favourite scene. They were all too good for me.

Apparently war and wrath is season 3
I like the fact that it kinda was independent on its story line a bit...

Sons of the caliphate seasons 1 and 2 have been out since

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