THE ANTIQUE REVIEWS (2015)

Hey my darlings

Today, this epic movie 'The Antique' is the movie we are discussing please remember the word "epic". This is a traditional movie set in the Western part of Nigeria dated back to the 19th century, tells a historically fictionalized tale of a certain community that lost a very significant antique to some mystical beings. That antique turns out to be the only antidote to an ailment that befalls the heir to the throne of that community, and so a girl was sent to find the antique.

  Now, I was particularly caught by the opening glee in this movie. I mean Seun Akindele killed it, the graphics and actions were amazing and so in sync. There's no way anybody would see that and not want to see what happens after. There was also this scene with a river goddess,I absolutely loved the placement of action.  Brilliant work there.. The story isn't totally alien to us,I mean there has been a lot of movies with same storyline but the director did his best to distinguish this work from the rest. Another thing I commend is the use of fresh faces and the downplay of the 'stars'. It gives beginners hope and opportunity to showcase, grow and take their place in this very broad industry of ours. But,what I quarrel with is the shallow acting in this movie, there was little or no depth in characterization. I think the director didn't pay due attention to this. For instance: the characters of the 3 warriors that were supposed to guard the lady to the 'no mans land' where the antique was hidden were nothing close to warriors. I mean, I saw them fall out of character a lot of times and having a director, that shouldn't happen that much. There were sum shabby actions that weren't well played out, like when they were caught in a net and how the last warrior died to mention a few which is what i meant by epic 
 Well, all in all, it was a good movie, could be better..but still very cool. You should totally check it out.

CAST 
Olu Jacobs, Bimbo Akintola, Oge Indiana, Ricardo Agbor, Seun Akindele,akpororo, Tee-A, Olu maintain and many more.