Room Service
Mercy Johnson, Van Vicker, Bimbo Akintola, Browny Igboegwu, Nuella Njubigbo, Queen Nwokoye, Eve Esin, Cha-Cha Eke, Michael Godson, Obi Dikeh
A star is born, every woman's dream man....... a harmless date with one of his female fans caused a deep melancholy and even apparent madness. He walked into her fans room and mistaken the housekeeper for his date. Instead of telling him the truth. she agreed to go on a date with him. An imposter is on the loose........ long - running obsession with concealed identity. Her identity was revealed, the drama now begins. - African Movie Place
The sequel to the movie, Room Service, is called After the Service. The movie has four parts: Room Service 1 & 2; After the Service 1 & 2
Ikenna Emma Aniekwe
Ikenna Emma Aniekwe, Solomon Apete
2010
-Story: [2 out of 5] Absolutely loved the first two parts, “Room Service”. Amazing story line that you want to watch from start to finish and once the first two parts finish, it’s only natural that when one realizes that there are two more parts, one starts to search for it thinking it will continue the trend of sheer awesomeness. But when you get the sequel, the story changes, the focus changes. It becomes less of a romance and more dramatic. In my opinion.. trash “After the Service” watch room service and go no further. Nobody needed to know anything about Mercy’s crippled sister or how Van was a bad guy back in the day. Unnecessary flashbacks. Simply put… an unnecessary addition to the story. I’m still yet to realize the relevance of the Eve Esin addition in the beginning of the movie. The story would get a much lower rating if not for the fact that the first two parts were actually entertaining.
-Originality: [2 out of 5] The movie is a Nigerian remake of the 2002 Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes movie, “Maid in Manhattan“. Notice how I say the movie is a remake and not a copy, the difference being that this movie in no way follows the story line of Maid in Manhattan, the only aspects that are nearly similar is the stealing of clothes and going on a date pretending to be someone else. Different story. Different lines. Different perspective. Whilst a copy (i.e Frank Rajah movies) are the same story. Same scenes. Same lines. Same everything. Back to Nollywood… I haven’t seen a movie like it before this and after this.
-Predictability: [2 out of 5] Many things in this movie were a given like the fact that he would fall for the maid and choose her over the real Elizabeth. However, the sequel just comes and throws all predictions to the wind by adding an entirely different story line (an entirely different unnecessary story-line, needless to say)
-Directing/Editing: [1 out of 5] First of all, a good story writer should know when to stop. The movie was longer than it needed to be and for that someone has to be blamed. No glaring cinematography faults, but neither was there any obvious art in the cinematography. A couple (thousand) loose ends during the movie. The most glaring of them being the whole Eve Esin character’s story. Why was that added? Why wouldn’t she accept his proposal? Why was she so angry? Heck… why was everyone so easily angered?
-Acting quality: [3 out of 5] Van Vicker gave a decent performance in the movie, did not overly convince in his role (especially his comical attempt at pidgin) but neither was I shaking my head at his performance. Mercy Johnson carried her role out to the letter. Not a yod was left incomplete. However the stand out performance to me in this movie was definitely Bimbo Akintola. She literally embodied her role… she became the character true and true that one might simply assume that she is naturally a foreign-accent possessing, spoilt daughter of an ex governor. Nuella Njubigbo did amazing work and so did Michael Godson. Queen came off as a bit forced for me in this movie (or is it just the fact that I was reluctant to understand her character as I did not see the need for her?)
-Setting: [2 out of 5] I would expect more grandeur in the sets considering how very ‘important’ the ‘personalities’ involved were… (i.e. Bimbo Akintola’s character, Elizabeth, and Van Vicker’s character, the superstar)
-Costume/Make-Up: [2 out of 5] That dress did not look very Vivienne Westwood to me… is all I’m saying. In fact, it did not even manage to look in the least bit “Jewel by Lisa”. Why was Browny wearing shades in that dark hotel room in the beginning of the movie? My point, their attires didn’t always match their ‘personalities’
-Props and Graphics: [3 out of 5] On Point
-Video Quality: [3 out of 5] Good
-Audio Quality [2 out of 5] Up and down at some points
-Soundtrack: [2 out of 5] The soundtrack tells the story but you only hear the soundtrack after the main story line itself has been established (so it’s not exactly telling you anything that you don’t already know). I love the singer’s voice but the lyrics??? Not so hot
-Musical Score: [3 out of 5] Nicely done
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