Misfit
Ijeoma Grace Agu, Rita Edward, Kelechi Udegbe, Charles Ebhaleme, Elsie Eluwa
MISFIT is a Suspense/Psychological Thriller recounting the strange but true ordeal of a lady abducted by a mysterious group. Waking from an unconscious state, she discovers incisions on her stomach resembling a form of initiation. While developing an unusual bond with one of her captors, the lady discovers the reason for her captivity and decides to take charge of her fate.
"Run go where?"
Daniel Emeke Oriahi
Abiodun Olagbaju
Daniel Emeke Oriahi, Stanley Izegbhokhae
2013
Different storyline
Hard to connect with
Misfit is a psychological thriller based on a true life story that follows the travails of a prostitute who is kidnapped and taken to an unknown and strange location.
The prostitute is played by Ijeoma Grace Agu who does a fairly good job of becoming this girl who is confused and dealing with problems from her past as well as trying to find a way to adapt or escape from this strange new situation that she finds herself in.
In the beginning of the movie I was both bored and uninterested. If there was one single thing holding my attention for the first half of this movie it was watching Ijeoma. From the person that she is in the beginning of the movie to the person she is in the end there is a noticeable change. And this is made more impressive by the fact that you can notice the change at every level without her saying things or acting a certain way. Simply by looking at her face and in her eyes, the changes are evident.
As earlier mentioned, the first half of the movie held no interest for me. This was either due to or aggravated by the use of music in the movie, or lack thereof as in ‘Misfit’. The music of the movie sets the mood of the movie for me, and having little to no music in this movie made it feel more like a documentary and less like a movie. The ‘feeling’ aspect in this movie was entirely lost on me because ‘yes’ I can see her suffering and ‘yes’ I’d really like for her to escape but I don’t feel moved whether or not she does. The connect is absent because the music wasn’t there to form that bridge.
The movie starts picking up pace midway as the characters are further developed and we are introduced to each particular individuals’ back story. When the characters are no longer simply villains or simply victims, it becomes a little more interesting because otherwise I would have succumbed to my temptation to skip to the end and call it a day.
The movie is not your typical Nollywood movie, it’s different to a certain degree but quite frankly, having made it to the end successfully, I would never be tempted to watch it again.
Kofa
COMING SOON: Swallow
