Lately I have been abundant with whack production from scriptwriters who either don’t do research or plainly just don’t have an idea of what they’re doing. This irks me and unfortunately it won’t help making noise about it, miskien I should polish my scripts and pitch for better screenplay.
22 Bullets/L’Immortel - Starring Jean Reno, a former mafia. After dropping his kid off and driving into an underground parking lot, twenty-two bullets pumped into his body after deciding to quit the gang, that is not a child’s play and don’t believe the hype (not even 50cent). There and then he was out of a coma and raring for revenge, walking with an aid of a stick. From the first shot it is clear how severe it was going through his right side of the face, on the cheek to be precise. Here’s the drill…the least they could have done, install wires and bolts around his jaws to support the mouth and spend some time on the wheelchair (to make believe). Much as the right hand was now malfunctioning after the incident but revenge while sitting (on a wheelchair) would have been marvellous.
Daylight Robbery – a film shot in the UK, actors in an-England accent reminded me of Paul Ince as an analyst for public broadcaster during the 2010 SWC. From their preparation for the stick-up, one could see these were below average robbers, not the kind to convince me to open the safe even if they had a bomb in their possession. First act, reversing the panel van into the bank and one of their accomplices fell out of the window (emergency exit) as it crashes, despite the alarm going off immediately it took a staggering 20-30minutes for police to respond (did I hear you say it’s a norm in our country). As if that was not enough there were dumb FBI-lookalike members who couldn’t negotiate for the release of customers held hostage, by the time they made their forceful entry into the bank the robbers had long gone and boarded a plane out of the country.
Coming back home we have not been spared either. It baffles me as to where are film and television students/graduates from AFDA, Citi Varsity, Boston Media House, ML Sultan Teknikon, Monash, Wits, Big Fish and Nemisa to name a few. Would it hurt for the major players in these field to enlist their services whether be drama, movie or reality shows instead of trash we are been fed by production houses who don’t subscribe to originality but make a local version of overseas “boring” productions.
The free to air channel which promised to bring a breath of fresh has failed
dismally too as they are now the home of “repeats”. The so-called “Ekasi stories” series has lost its plot – it’s awesome that they are open for proposal submission but really now some of the local content screened leaves a lot to be desired.
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