Two Can Play the Game
Tonto Dikeh, Yul Edochie, Annie Macaulay, Seun Akindele, Jennifer Eliogu, Ali Nuhu, Walter Anga, Ruby Ojiakor
"Sylvia played by Tonto Dikeh and her friend come into contact with Collins played by Seun Akindele when they knock him over in the road on a dark night. Sylvia is driving erratically as they are escaping from a hotel room where she had seduced her friends father in order to steal documents on behalf of her friend. She is expressing her disgust for her friend’s father and not paying attention to the road when the accident takes place. Desmond played by Yul Edochie and Lola played by Annie Macaulay are engaged to be married but their relationship is being put in jeopardy by a girl that Lola keeps meeting in his home who claims to have been dating him for years, however when Desmond is around she disappeared. Is she a ghost?"
The movie, two can play, is divided into four parts. The sequel is called, 'Best Player". The parts are Two can play the Game 1 & 2, then Best Player 1 & 2 respectively
-Story: [0 out of 5] Not to offend anyone who thought the story was amazing and interesting, I thought the story was…. stupid and unnecessary and needed not be told. Apparently Yul’s character is playing games with Annie’s character and I don’t catch unto this until… truth be told I never caught on to it, I just thought they were weird and over dramatic.
-Originality: [1 out of 5] It’s original alright? The backstabbing plot has been done before, crazy couple plot, spoilt teenager, single mother and mother and daughter fighting for the same man as well have all been done before.
-Predictability: [0 out of 5] ***SPOILER ALERT*** In every movie, I get to a certain point where I pause the movie and try to predict it. If in the end my predictions come to pass, the movie looses predictability points, if not then it doesn’t. In this movie I had two predictions from the beginning of the second part of the sequel (aka Best Player 2) and they were that Seun Akindele’s character would not end up with either Tonto or her mother. And that Ali Nuhu’s plot to eliminate Yul will fail because due to some amazing miracle Yul knew Ali’s plan all along. And in the end of the movie, what happened? Exactly what I said.
-Directing/Editing: [2 out of 5] Two major problems I have. The first one is Tonto’s speech and the second one still has to do with Tonto. In one scene, Tonto is fighting with her mother and she says, “Sorry to disappoint you mum. You did not bring me up cause if you did brought me up I would have a father?” For reasons pertaining to my laziness, I choose not to address the issue of her gbagaun but rather I would like to concentrate on what having a father has to do with being brought up? In other news, how did the casting director (abi ki l’oruko e) expect me to believe that Tonto was 18? I find it easier to believe that the green wallpaper on the wall is actually money.
-Acting Quality: [2 out of 5] Truth be told, a lot of people in this movie couldn’t act but then some could so it balances out. Although it shouldn’t ever have to. Everyone in a movie should be capable of acting, it IS a movie after all.
-Settings and Costumes: [3 out of 5] Ok
-Video and Audio Quality [2out of 5] Could have been better
-Soundtrack [0 out of 5] Two things could have happened for this soundtrack. First option, Shedrach John has lost his touch because this sound track was hellish (to put it lightly and reminded me of something from Blackberry babes, did he do that soundtrack? I don’t recall). Second option, the movie makers exhausted all available funds in getting top notch actors/actresses that they underpaid Shedrach so he gave them their money’s worth. Because of my niceness and obligation to see the best in people, I believe the latter is the case.
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I really like all the points you have made.
I have watched the first part of the movie and i must say Tonto Dikeh should quit acting haba! I felt like flying inside the screen to wallop her face mschewwww
I purposely didn’t talk about that cos I thought I didn’t like her acting because I personally am averted to corny and dramatic. I presumed maybe someone else thought it was interesting.
Omo I feel your pain for real, this has to go down on her list of absolute worst performances sha.
Your review is on point. I watched this movie because of Jennifer Eliogu (it’s nice to see her on screen again) & Yul Edochie. Also, I thought that with Ikechukwu Onyeka directing, the movie would be good. But the story was all over the place and the movie just didn’t live up to my expectations.
The dialogue in the script was poor. Whenever you compare the performance of an actor in a movie with good dialogue to the same actor’s performance in a movie with poor dialogue, the difference is crystal clear. IMO, the poor script worked against the good actors in this movie (Yul, Jennifer et al).
I have to point out that Jennifer, Tonto and the actress that played their aunt (cannot recall her name) had very good chemistry. I really liked the scene where Tonto came into the living room crying and telling her mom she now wants to go abroad. The three actresses played off on each other really well and it was natural. That was a good scene.
Yeah I liked that scene too, it was cute. I generally think that Seun Akindele is a good actor and an even better actor for being able to pull off all those corny and awkward scenes untainted. Thanks for commenting dear