Trapped in the Game
Majid Michel, Yvonne Nelson, JJ Bunny, Artus Frank, Kofi Adjorlolo, Roselyn Ngissah
Chloe must face off with Lisa, the only survivor after the death of her parent but before that they are all pursued by Shiek, Lisa’s husband, who is actually a secret lover to Chloe Shiek’s marriage to Lisa was a lie. His mission was to dupe her off her wealth and his accomplice was Chloe who posed as Lisa’s best friend. They succeed in their plan. They’ve won right? Wrong!! Lisa found out about them so playing naive was the only way to beat them at their own game. At last, let the games begin.
"A true liar is one who mixes the lie with a little bit of truth so much so that the chemistry of the truth becomes so obvious that the lie becomes the truth, and the subject will believe everything you say" - Majid Michel
Trapped in the Game episode one and episode two (the second episode is called 'end of trapped in the game').
Frank Rajah Arase
Frank Rajah Arase
Frank Rajah Arase
2012
Amazing cast, interesting storyline
Really isn't anything new
-Story: [4 out of 5] I especially loved the flow of the first episode of the movie. Those 50 or so minutes literally flew by. At first you wonder “oops, did I put in the wrong part or is there a movie before this one”. But it ties together so well in the first episode and just flows and flows (and all this before Majid’s character is introduced). One can fault Frank for theft, lack of originality and other similar offences but never for lack of effort.
-Originality: [0 out of 5] It’s the same basic ‘the game’ storyline with a couple twists here and there. One thing that did get me about this movie though were the lines that follow
A: If you were to buy a dog, what breed of dog would you buy?
B: An Alsatian, ma.
A: Why?
B: Because they are a loyal breed
A: What breed of dogs do you belong to?
Very creative lines. Very smart. Very crafty, and I thought so too when I heard the exact same lines in a different movie a couple days ago. In this movie A is JJ Bunny and B is a random extra. In that movie (which by the way was called “Stand by me” and I’m yet to finish), A was Khareema Aquiar and B Kofi Adjorlolo. Both movies were released around the same time. Different casts. Different production houses. Yet the exact same lines. What gives?
*UPDATE*: Turns out that this movie is a rip of the 2009 movie “Across the Hall” starring Brittany Murphy
-Predictability: [4 out of 5] Definitely not the ending…. eh… definitely not the conve… hmm… not the usual. Different! And it also depends upon whether or not you’ve seen the original movie
-Directing/Editing: [3 out of 5] It was a job well done for the most. It was not exactly the best Frank Rajah cinematography but I’m assuming it’s because the movie was not that big or didn’t have that huge of a budget but regardless it was a fine film.
-Acting quality: [4 out of 5] Let’s start by stating the obvious, Majid Michel is a phenomenal actor who gets progressively better. Although, I feel of late that he is not being challenged enough (or at all, actually). It seems like he’s playing the same roles over and over again (especially for his Made in Ghana movies) and in the movies that he doesn’t play the same role, he is not being stretched much. So I probably shouldn’t say he is a phenomenal actor, because he hasn’t been doing anything phenomenal of late, just the usual.
You know the beautiful thing about this movie? They killed Artus Frank in part 1! I was doing a mental dance in my head after this and just praying that he doesn’t flash back his character through part 2 (which thankfully didn’t happen). And this is not simply because I have developed a dislike for Artus (which in itself is not a complete lie), but because he was doing so well. He didn’t have that many vocal scenes so he didn’t have many opportunities to make a fool out himself by murdering the English language. Artus did a fine job in this movie.
But when others are conquering their grammar problems, we still have those who pronounce ‘which’ as ‘wish’. I mean… JJ Bunny is becoming a fine actress. She is doing amazingly well with emoting. I mean she’s almost entirely convincing. But we need to curb that language challenge pronto.
Everyone else involved, whose name you know, did a great job. I especially loved that Kofi Adjorlolo was cast in a non-conventional role. He is not a politician, he is not a father, he is not a schemer, he’s just a regular person in this movie. Some of the extras were semi-painful to watch but not as painful as the usual
-Setting: [4 out of 5] On point
-Costume/Make-Up: [4 out of 5] I was really in love with JJ Bunny’s hair in the first couple of scenes (and her outfit for the most part), and then they flashed back three years earlier (dot) (dot) (dot). I have to ask, what is up with all the blonde hair? Regardless, most of the costumes were on point.
-Props and Graphics: [3 out of 5] Not bad
-Video Quality: [4 out of 5] Well done
-Audio Quality [4 out of 5] Good
-Soundtrack: [2 out of 5] I wasn’t feeling it, it wasn’t that good. It could have been better.
-Musical Score: [4 out of 5] Very well done
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Oh my dear Kina, what can poor me do on a jobless night? 😀 I was just helping NR because I love her site so much.
loooooooooooooool loretta, thou has killed me with your comments.
It seems J.J bunny’s character owned only one pair of shoes upon being so wealthy that everyone fought over getting her money. and what’s up with this line by ou dear Majid “a snake can’t crawl in the same path as a snake, you know why? Because its too difficult, its too painful”. Abeg NR do you have any idea what sense this makes? Please if you do interpret for me because I am lost on this one 😀 Ha, Ghally Ghallywood and their Shakespearean lines, even the ones wey no make sense sef. Dem wan blow grammar, dem no even fit use head think am. And just imagine the beautiful little girl that they want to traumatize with those gun scenes.
And how come after 194 or is it 134 days, Yvonne Nelson is still wearing the same blond wig and her hair is still so neat? Nollywood abi is it Ghallywood juju this time. 😀
And what’s up with the 3 “Yeras” later? Is that supposed to be some Ghanaian Twi language that I am unaware of? Anyway I am so sorry for filling up your site, I am just jobless tonight.
And I hear another by none other than Aunty J.J, is it Sedate that she is calling “syncdate”? My ears practically ran out of my room at maximum speed.
Ah Frank Artus, the first word out of his mouth na tabs “swetri”, hahahaha, abeg see clash of terrible English, Frank and our dear J.J Bunny of the This is Houston pathetic excuse of a movie.
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This wasn’t too bad…and the jj girl really tried to stretch herself and go beyond what was giving. Her grammar and pronunciation tho can be quite distracting; it really takes away from the movie. Frank should have giving someone to proof read the bloody script, some things in the movie was just out right lazy writing. This is one thing I fault Frank for, if he will just pay a bit more attention to detail, then we can see some progress and then it might not even matter if it was stolen.
Very amazing point. Maybe if his movies weren’t so obviously, blatantly, unapologetically stolen tthen they’d be easier to endure. JJ definitely tried in this one… ’twas better than the old JJ at least
lol you’re welcome, thank YOU for reading it jare. Haha neither would any sane person but it wasn’t that bad so we give God the glory lol
pleasantly surprised,and thank God for ur review thank you cos on a normal day i wont have sat down to watch a jj bunny movie
Nne m, I trust you when you say you will update. I just hope someone does it as soon as possible. Until then, watching more movies.
You can’t possibly be happier than I am about JJ’s transfer from Houston to Accra. I am on the roof. At least now we only have to deal with her massacre of the English language not that and her supposed production skills as well. Lol but she is definitely getting better.
Nne I feel you, even I was wondering where the movie was stolen from but then I thought “it’s the same basic suspense storyline from everyother movie so whatever” but trust that as soon as I find the original, I will update
I loved the movie. I was kinda at the edge of my seat the whole time. I think I have gotten used to JJ’s murder of the English language and when you do, you will actually enjoy her “acting”. Just happy she aint doing any of those crappy Made in the US of A movies anymore. (Gosh, I hated those movies). Didn’t see the end coming but since it is a RAJ film, please can someone tell us what movie they copied from? Yes, a lot of people are plotting to kill me in their minds because of this statement but please show me 5 RAJ films that are not verbatim copy and I will swallow my words and apologize profusely. Until then, anyone who has the info should spill the beans. Thanks.
Wow…now adding it to my ‘to watch list’ thanks for this. JJ Bunny!!!What more can I say?*lips sealed
if you have respect for cars you wouldn’t park your 2009 trash next to my 2012 machine” hahaha