Hostage

-Originality: [1 out of 5] This movie was definitely originally stupid… an original waste of time indeed. Poor boy marries rich girl. Unoriginal. Poor boy inherits wealth unoriginal. Everything else’s originality is open to argument.

-Predictability: [2 out of 5] Did I predict that the movie would be useless? Yes! But for some reason I still sat through the hour and 50 minutes of uselessness. Predictability for this movie is pretty give or take.

-Directing/Editing: [0 out of 5] It’s when it comes to movies like this that I wish I could deduct points from movies. The continuity of this movie was so entirely stupid so in one scene, he is letting you take a dump in his restroom and in the next scene you guys are on his bed…. say what? I swear, the script for this movie (that is assuming there really was a script and all these folks weren’t just winging it) was just flying to Cotonou and back. If I were to point out all the flaws, I’d be typing from now till tomorrow. Is it the fact that the kidnapper’s ringtone was “Mercy says No!” or the fact that everyone else had the same ringtone? Was it the fact that Prince was ordered to drop the ransom money at the mall and he dropped it at a roadside dustbin and yet the kidnappers didn’t complain? Is it the fact that there was no indication of time passing in this movie? Things just kept on happening without any “11 months later”? Or should I mention how Khareema was unable to recognize her father’s voice over the phone even when he called out her name? I mean it’s not like he has not been calling it everyday of her life? OR is it just the outright ridiculous motive of the kidnap and the complete unrealistic nature of this concoction called a film?

-Acting quality: [0 out of 5] In every Prince David Osei movie I watch, there are only two parts I like and they are: the opening credits and the closing credits (in some cases there is a third part I like, and that would be the part where they kill him). What I don’t understand is why Kofi and John accepted this script, everybody else I can understand. I sincerely believe that John Dumelo needs to start watching the scripts he accepts or his career will be heading in the wrong direction. Don’t be fooled by John’s photo on the cover, he only really comes at the end of the movie and what he was doing in the movie can’t be considered acting really, more like a guest appearance

-Setting and Costume/Make-Up: [2 out of 5] Generally bearable but what’s with Khareema’s hair (on left)?

-Video Quality [2 out of 5] Ok

-Soundtrack and Musical Score [0 out of 5] A collection of stolen songs