Hello my darling,
Trust we are all doing
okay. Today, we will be dissecting the movie ‘A trip to Jamaica’, written and
produced by Ayo Makun (Ay). For those of us that are not in the know, this film
is (or tried to be) a sequel of the Guinness book of record breaking movie ’30
days in Atlanta’. It stars Ayo Makun (Ay), Funke Akindele, Chris Attoh, Nse
Ekpe-Etim, special appearances by Patoranking and Cynthia Morgan. I THINK it’s a comedy that tried to focus
on the lives of two lovers who weren’t compartible. Did you notice I used the word ‘think’ in
caps? Yes, that’s because the story wasn’t clear, or better still there was no
story told at all. What I saw was Ay and Funke just being silly, simple!! And
mind you, silly doesn’t always translate to funny or film for that matter. This
movie had flamboyant scenery and set design, made beautiful pictures from the
Bola’s mansion to the fast cars, to the beach in Jamaica to the sexiness exhumed
by characters such as Chris Attoh and a few others.
Beyond this, this film had a very feeble
plot, no diss. At some point, I had this gut feeling that the film may not have
been screen played. Maybe they had a vacation to Jamaica planned when they had a light bulb moment, "we could make a film while we are here!" ( don’t know ooo, am just saying).
Ay was working too hard to be funny and it didn’t pan out well for me, I
enjoyed the ‘waka-pass’ character played by Cynthia Morgan, I think she made me
laugh the hardest when she said ‘me, I no dey hear that one oo’.
In fact my people, I don’t want to waste
your time further because from writing to acting to directing to cinematography
to the editing, this movie is just one hell of a joke. Go see it yourself and
tell me if am blabbing. After all, this is just one woman’s point of view. Am
out.
I rate this film 3/10.
Enjoy...
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