Absolute Power

‘Absolute Power’ is yet another royal art academy movie from a debutante director (or at least I think this is his/her first work). The movie addresses a prevalent issue in the Nigerian tertiary education system from a moralistic karma-like perspective.

The movie is not entirely, neither is it feigning any semblance to originality. It aims to be simple, short and straight to the point, which it was. It was simple, nothing overly glamorized. It was short, it only had two parts. And it was straight to the point, in that it was ridiculously predictable. From the get go you know where the movie is coming from what’s going to happen in the end. It’s not necessarily trait but it’s not exactly a huge interest holder.

As regards the acting in this movie, the only people who actually put effort into their performance were the listed actors. All the extras were very limp. It was great to see Eve Esin in a role that did not require her to walk around in a bra in any scene, however this movie really wasn’t much about her or her character so not much can be said about except that she held her own.

I’m at a loss as to who exactly was the star of this movie because there were many good performers but not many outstanding performances. Ekere Nkanga as the philandering husband and corrupt professor, held his own in the character. It was nothing magnificent but it was a fair enough performance.

The movie in all is very passable. It has the makings of an ok Sunday-afternoon-flick but it falls short on general production, acting and the story itself. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out the timeline of the movie. Days just seemed to come and go, couldn’t tell if it was the same day or a new day, it seemed like weeks had gone by in the movie only to find out it had only been a couple of days. The movie could have been so much more than it ended up being.