Movie Review:Soldier's Story

A young soldier Major Egan (Tope Tedela) has to leave his wife Labari (Adesua Etomi) a week after marriage for service to his fatherland.He was left for dead after an encounter with rebel soldiers till he was found by a young female scavenger Regina(Linda Ejiofor) alongside her friend Angela(Zainab Balogun).Regina ignores the risk involved and takes him home to nurse him to life.
Major Egan is taken for dead and all the needful to be done for  fallen soldiers completed.
Bossman (Daniel K Daniel) is the Lord of the Rebels of Bossanyanga Republic and calls the shots around the place,he engages young boys as soldiers and commits lots of atrocities but has a soft spot for Gina and did not take it likely when he found out that 'Dr Gina' was involved with an enemy and doing 'lover boy things' with him.
The acting,dialogue,effects,make up ,location.costume of the movie is very good.The littered corpse looked believable ,the gun shots and all.The form of speech used  by the actors especially by  the non Nigerians was also effective and it worked.The movie is sure a complex one to pull off but they succeeded.  The sounds from the gunshots also very good.The past and present well synced and
 with labels to shed more light.The movie also eased
tension with some hilarious conversation that will sure make you laugh. You will also find a touch of romance in the movie.The suspense,intrigue also very good,one  will be thrilled throughout the movie.
I found it a bit inappropriate to find a fridge in Gina's house going by what the place was meant to interpret,this i discovered during the farewell meal for Major Egan(I might be wrong though as i watched it in the cinemas so i cannot zoom to know what that object standing was) More lanterns could have been used in Gina's room especially at night and same goes for the indoor torture/combat scene.
Major Egan regains his memory,leaves for Lagos where he got lots of surprise revelations but didn't totally lost as a reunion with Gina saved the day.
The Movie is directed by Frankie Ogar and Produced by Martin Gbados
Overall Rating:Brilliant!

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