The Last 3 Digits
Nonso Diobi, Dr. Sid (Sidney Esiri), Padita Agu, Yemi Blaq, Bimbo Manuel, Rachael Oniga, Kelvin Ikeduba, Abiola Atanda,
A young man finally makes a brief chance encounter with the love of his life, however she leaves in an untimely manner leaving him with a phone number short of the last three digits, his obsession with deciphering these numbers is a thrilling adventure.
Moses Inwang
Moses Inwang, Padita Agu
Moses Inwang,
2014
Storyline is different
The climax scene with the police and the goons
If you’ve seen the trailer, you already know the premise of this movie (if you haven’t then click on the next tab and try and return your LASTMA card abeg): a guy meets his long lost love, tries to get her number but she leaves out three digits in the end. I’m telling you, if not for anything, this storyline might be on to something in ways to meet new people. Who needs eHarmony?
The lover boy in this movie is played by Nonso Diobi, and in as much as it is good to see him again the writer is not giving you any time to dwell on this. The first hour of this movie or thereabouts literally consists of Nonso’s character calling people calling different numbers back and forth. Somehow or the other, the writer (who by the way is the real MVP of this film) manages to keep it intriguing.
The pace of the movie is amazing and it really keeps you glued with the introduction of new characters plus the main characters in the movie. Nonso plays the lead role in this movie and does a fair enough job of holding our attention from start to finish. His performance will not be remembered as the stuff that award-winning performances are made of but it is fair enough to keep the movie going.
The real surprise was Dr. Sid’s performance. He plays the character of Nonso’s friend in the movie. In one scene, he portrays the single greatest bromance/ guy friend relationship you have ever seen. In that scene Sidney Esiri (aka Dr. Sid) reminds us that he is truly the son of a nollywood veteran (Justus Esiri).
The damnation of this movie comes in the second half. This is when Nonso’s character mistakenly calls a hitman for a renowned drug-lord. The drug-lord, played by Bimbo Manuel, is so perturbed by this one call, thinking that it is a ploy, that he takes it upon himself to find whoever made the call and punish them accordingly (if only this was my approach to telemarketers). There is the climax scene with the goons and the cops. This movie ruined itself with this farsi police scene and farsi attack scene and just the share farsi-ness of the whole farsi nonsense.
In the end if there’s one thing you can’t deny about the movie, it is the originality.
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