Movie Review:Taxi Driver

I was really excited when i heard about this movie especially as one of my favourite actors in Nollywood Odulade Adekola was in it,I felt he needed to feature in more English speaking movies(not like he's doing badly or Yoruba movies aren't cool but to me being stuck in just Yoruba movies was not okay)
Now to the movie:
Adigun (Femi Jacobs) comes to Lagos in search of greener pastures  using his late father's taxi cab aka Tom cruise  which is father's friend Baba Tee(Odulade Adekola) gives him and also teach and show him how to navigate Lagos.He also encounter Baba Mistura(Toyin Oshinaike),the chairman of the pack and ends up being the driver to Della (Ijeoma Grace Agu) who advised him to  ' shine his eyes' be smarter  .
Adigun discovers a lot of things as he begins his trade in Lagos from betrayal,,being smart and  lots of surprise revelations.The movie shows  you  a side  to 'Lagos hustle '
 Location:The taxi park was not well portrayed in the movie as what was used though might be a car park  but it would have been better if a taxi car park was used.
Subtitle:The subtitling of the movie in pidgin is not welcome at all!not all of us can read and understand pidgin and let's say if all Nigerians can what happens to someone from another African country watching.
 Language:The frequent use of the Yoruba language it depend on how one sees it,trying to encourage the use of our native languages so it's major use in the film or not a good one as it's meant to be an English movie.Adigun's thick Yoruba accent when he first arrived Lagos was also good as he portrayed that Oyo accent well,Baba Tee's stammering wasn't consistent.The killings in Adigun's room though like 4 people were shot,2 escaped 'ofetically' (by air,you know these things are believed to happen in Africa where one can vanish)
I enjoyed the race scene between Adigun and Bashar(Kelechi Udegbe) :One of the three mysterious men.There were some hilarious moments especially if you understand Yoruba you will enjoy it better(I am sure non Yoruba's will as well before i am being accused of ethnicity but in translation you can not get the meaning 100% )You will also enjoy the Saka Moments(Hafeez Oyetoro) who played the character 'Kakanfo'. who gave us a mixture of comic and action role.The cinematograph especially showing Lagos at night was also beautiful.Della also delivered on her role as a prostitute.
At the end Adigun was surprised with the revelations and somewhat had a clearer picture of his father's death ,he leaves Lagos and in company of the call girl Delia to Ibadan
The movie is directed  by Daniel Oriahi and co produced by Filmone Ltd,House 5 Production and Orbit Imagery.
The movie ' ko baje rara' not bad at all


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