Starring: Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Nelson, Frank Artus, Okawa Shaznay

Synopsis:

Two bickering sisters have yet another reason to be at war when their father dies and leaves only one of them in charge of his fortune.

Trailer Courtesy of Raj Filmz

Review:

Michelle and Ayah (Jackie Appiah and Okawa Shaznay) are feuding, half sisters. The animosity stems from way back when Ayah blamed her mother’s demise on Michelle’s mother who was a judge at the time. Ayah’s mother had a criminal past and obviously hoped the case would be rigged to her advantage but that did not happen. Making matters worse was the incident where Ayah stole Michelle’s ex-boyfriend, Jordi (Frank Artus).

Just as they celebrated another birthday for their father, he dropped dead. When his will was read he left all of his assets to Michelle and expected her to disburse his wealth accordingly. Michelle then took over the company and sat on the board. Jordi, Michelle’s ex-boyfriend and now Ayah’s boyfriend, was also a member of the board and he schemed with Ayah to take over the company.

Meanwhile, Desler (Yvonne Nelson), who was the father’s personal assistant, had her own agenda. As a young girl, Michelle’s father and Jordi’s father were business partners and they  manipulated Desler’s father out of his company and killed him. So while she pretended to be a close friend of both families, she planned to get her hands on the company that was stolen from her father. Let the games begin.

Let’s Talk. This is a convoluted drama where nothing is what is seemed and everyone was having an affair. There were too many plot twists and motives to keep track of. Jordi was sleeping with Ayah and Desler. Desler was having an affair with Jordi and his father. Ayah was having sex with Jordi and Greg. Greg was engaged to Michelle but sleeping with Ayah. Sigh… sooo freakin’ ridiculous.

Every character had a back-story – Ayah and the death of her mother; Desler and the murder of her father; Jordi’s abandonment and paternity issues, and the list goes on and on.

From the very first scene I knew it was a wrap. The father had some sort of attack and it didn’t seem like the women fought to the bitter end to save him. They appeared to be too accepting of his unexpected death. Also, the father blinked when he was supposed to be dead.

At the end of the day, this movie tried too hard. It had too much going on in what should have been a simple plot about how one sister would get her hands on her share of her father’s wealth.

Performances? Nothing to write home about. The acting was mediocre at best. The casting however, was on point in terms of looks because Jackie Appiah and Okawa Shaznay share a resemblance and were believable as sisters.

Speaking of looks, the one thing that I noticed about this movie was the make-up. The women were stunning. I must commend Naatess Lartey on a job well done.

Cinematography was on par and sound was decent except for the scene where dogs were heard barking in the background.  Another noted error is that many of the actors were not listed in the closing credits.

Unfortunately, the movie had the makings of a good drama but it just didn’t pull it off. EJECT

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