The movie, Gangs of Lagos, can be viewed from two perspectives.
One, the history of Lagos politics from 1999.
Two, an action drama.
From the first perspective, all I could see in the first scene, was the murder of Funsho Williams. This is as regards the motive behind his murder, not the actual act itself. The rest of the movie was a kind of reflection of the antics of Jagaban, and the rise of MC Oluomo.
From the second perspective, as an action drama, well, my best scene was the first scene. It kind of set the tone for the rest of the movie.
I liked the concept of the butcher's son, and I wondered why Kazeem did not have a knife on him for the final faceoff. The part where he spilled intestines, and the "hanging human meat" was nicely done.
I liked the intensity of some of the main characters. But my favorite character has to be "Kazeem," he was a brutal, bloody, bad ass. I liked Nino too. The child actors were also awesome.
The car robbery scene was good.
However, the gang fights could have been better, especially the aftermath of the fights. I was "shocked" that after battling three thugs with her "back on the ground," "Gift" had no scratch on her face or body in the very next scene.
Still on Gift, I was confused about the swift wardrobe change during the journey to the container depot, the custom office/collection of the "goods" from the container, and at the water front. It was a one day event, right? So why the wardrobe change in four scenes?
Also, how can you have so much gunfire at a crowded party, yet most people got away without losing body parts?
I'm not a science student, but surely the impact of a falling human mass on a stationery car would surely shatter the windows and windshield, right?
Okay, maybe conveniently, the car windows appeared to be down, but why was there no crack on the windshield? Or a visible dent on the roof of the car?
Would I lay down my gun to fight hand to hand against someone I seriously want to kill?
Definitely not!
I would rather perforate his body with bullets.
Thus, I figured Obalola should have been disarmed, or gun jammed, or something, instead of dropping his gun for hand to hand combat.
The fight between Obalola and Kashope was intense. Me likey likey.
Yeah, Kashope dropped his gun there for hand for hand combat. But he had backup, and he was on his own tuft.
The barber shop was a good scene. Me likey likey too.
And yeah, for a movie to be memorable, I always believe a likeable character has got to die.
That killing was bloody and brutal.
It's a scene I love to hate cos I was rooting for him, but it made it a good movie for me.
Life has no happy endings, no one gets out of it alive. So at the end of the day, we're all food for maggots.
Gangs of Lagos is a good movie.
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