Starring: Jackie Appiah, James Gardiner, Yvonne Nelson, Elikem Kumordzi, Eddie Watson

Synopsis:

Three single guys have fun playing the field only for their lies to come back to bite them.

Review:

Three male friends enjoyed life as unmarried men but they had girlfriends that they weren’t honest with. While Josh (Eddie Watson) dated a handicapped woman for her money he cheated on her with her secretary. His friend Kojo (James Gardiner) simultaneously dated three women that were not only friends but also roommates.  

When the two guys got together for male bonding with Rick (Elikem Kumordzi) they listened to his complaints about his girlfriend, Liz (Jackie Appiah). Liz basically had a leash around Rick’s neck and while he wanted a little freedom, Liz smothered him to the point where she cleaned his house and did his laundry. 

While Josh and Kojo juggled their relationships, Rick devised a plan to tell Liz that he was HIV positive in order to send her packing. When he broke the news to her she was alarmed and assumed she was infected. The scandal freed Rick from Liz but his relief turned to stress when she later shared her HIV test results with him. 

Let’s Talk. This is a romantic comedy. It opens up with a voiceover that states the three things that reveal the personality of a man – 1) the make of his shoes, 2) the cost of his watch, and 3) what he does on the weekends. Hmm…they may have a point in terms of what a man does in his spare time but these conclusions only indicate a man’s style and the depth of his pockets.  

As for the story it’s loaded with unlikely scenarios from Josh’s close call with numerous girlfriends showing up at his house simultaneously to Kojo dating three women that were friends and had no idea about it. 

There’s meaningless cheating that transpires throughout the story and the movie just comes off as foolish. The whack pick-up lines and the gullible women made the movie completely unrealistic. Yes, it was made to entertain but there’s got to be some aspect of it that’s profound, believable, or genuinely funny.

Any real player knows how to play the game and they’re skilled at keeping situations well under control. In no way is a real player going to get caught with his pants down in the way the events transpired in this movie. Here, everyone got busted because the characters were not suave enough and neither was the writing. 

Performances? Not worth talking about. Whether the acting was fantastic or horrible it wouldn’t have any bearing on such an irrelevant story or better yet, a non existent one. Even with two comedic actors (Bismark Nii Odoi & Kwadwo Nkansah) the attempt at humor was undermined by the tacky and amateur screenplay. 

Subtitles were provided for some of the dialogue that looked like it was written by a four year old. Yes, we all make mistakes and that’s why pencils come with erasers however, there are typos and then there’s incompetence. This is the latter. 

“Bachelors” suggests that it was just thrown together without rhyme or reason. It’s beyond preposterous and not worth the time. EJECT