Title: TRACY (1 & 2)  

NOTE: Movie is titled TRACE when the movie plays

Starring:  John Dumelo, Juliet Ibrahim, Ohene Odei

Synopsis:

A heterosexual man secretly has a homosexual relationship with an older, wealthy man. He also dates an attractive woman who turned out to be the daughter of his male lover. 

Review:

As a result of financial difficulties, Black (John Dumelo) fell into a homosexual relationship with Otobo (Ohene Odei). Otobo is a wealthy, older man and had no problem taking care of Black’s monetary needs. He had one daughter, Hawa (Juliet Ibrahim) who Black met for the first time at a party. They were attracted to each other and this commenced the conflict.

The subplot focused on Hawa’s friend Belinda (Bibi Bright) who was dating a guy thad had psychological issues and was suspected of being a serial rapist. 

Let’s Talk. This was a strange story. Supposedly Black wasn’t “into men” but he slept with a man for money, he was still broke as a result, and still lived in the ghetto? If Black was doing it solely for the money then he should have some. If not, then what’s the point?

Sleeping with a man when you claim you’re heterosexual defeats the purpose! Black should had a car at the very least.

The truth of the matter is that any real heterosexual man would beg, borrow, and steal before entering into a sexual relationship with a man. 

The unnecessary subplot of the this movie dealt with rape, which was taken too lightly. Here women were raped and they didn’t report it?

Also, women dated men that they knew have raped other women? Wow. One character in the movie claimed that he raped a woman but it was a mistake and that he was sorry. Ugh!

As for technical issues, the movie is titled “Tracy” on the DVD cover but when the film plays it’s titled “Trace.” Which one is it? Since there wasn’t a character named Tracy in the movie, presumably the correct title is “Trace.” See NollyGhally Today page for more talk on African movie errors.

Overall, this film was irksome, insulting to women, and difficult to hear.  EJECT

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