Starring: Majid Michel, Omoni Oboli, Beverly Naya, Barbara Soky 

Synopsis:  

A guy tries to pass himself off as his deceased twin brother but when he can’t fill in the blanks the charade goes up in smoke.

Review:

This is a story of jealousy, grief, and loss. Chidi grew up feeling that his twin brother, Chude, was the favored brother and it caused him to feel second rate. After some money woes, Chidi was accountable for Chude’s murder and since they were identical twins he was able to take over his brother’s life and pretend he was Chude.

When Chude was alive he was married to Mena (Omoni Oboli). Chidi inserted himself into her life and she believed Chidi was Chude until she noticed odd things about his behavior.  Meanwhile Chidi’s girlfriend, Cassandra, mourned his death not realizing that he was actually still alive. Apparently, Chidi didn’t get enough of Cassandra and they had an affair behind Mena’s back.

Push came to shove when Chidi was unaware of intimate details in the relationship between Chude and Mena and she quickly realized that she was living with an imposter.

Let’s Talk. This is a ridiculous story about a man that impersonated his dead brother. Both women in the twins’ lives, Mena and Cassandra, were unaware of the posturing, which is crazy. How can you sleep with a man and not know that he’s not your husband?  Even when Cassandra kissed Chidi why didn’t she at least get a twinge that he is her boyfriend? If these two relationships didn’t share intimacy then what did they share? A woman knows her man’s characteristics…his touch, kiss, etc. …c’mon…

The story itself moved a slow pace and had moments of boredom. There was so much unnecessary dialogue that went nowhere. It was transparent where the story was going early on when Chude/Chidi’s reaction to Mena’s son was less than loving. At an hour and twelve minutes in I wondered how much longer before we get to the obvious conclusion of the story.

There’s a scene where Chidi comes home late after spending an evening of lust with Cassandra. When Mena questioned his whereabouts he claimed he was with the boys. The next day he showered her with guilt gifts. Cliché, cliché, cliché.

In terms of acting, Majid Michel played both Chidi and Chude. There was no clear distinction between the two characters. Of course, his appearance couldn’t be changed because then he wouldn’t have been able to pull off being Chude, but somehow there should have been some sort of substantial difference between the two.

Omoni Oboli played the role of the loving/jerked wife and did a fine job doing so. As for the supporting actors, some of them were stiff and sounded like they were just reading their lines.

The movie was gracious enough to provide subtitles but there were many grammatical errors. Even a two-letter word like “of” was misspelled as “off.” There were also dialogue errors such as the scene where Chude/Chidi apologized to Cassandra and said he “was out of action.” Did he mean “out of order?” There’s yet another scene where Mena tells Chude that she knows all of his friends. Chude responds with “you don’t know these ones.” Sigh…

As for technical issues there was inadequate lighting throughout most of the movie. 

At the end of the day a lot of patience is required to watch this movie. The script was in need of a professional rewrite and the movie could have used some expert editing. With so many movie choices to pick from, I suggest skipping this one. EJECT

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