I agree that the Nigerian movie industry has improved a lot from the poor story lines, bad picture quality and acting that a lot of times views like a secondary school group, but it has almost been a no- no for me until, well, er, Monday, September 21, 2020.
The hype around Ibidolapo Ajayi’s “Coming from Insanity made me peek into it and for a few reasons too.
First, I know the fellow, Ibi Ajayi and I needed to see what he had up his sleeves.
Second, it was on Netflix so I wasn’t going to lose much, well er, except about ninety minutes of my time and a few hundred mega bytes of data if it went south. Finally, every one I knew who was a movie buff was talking about it and WhatsApp groups were on fire so I did not want to be left out.
If at this point of you reading this, you are not thinking of going to watch, “Coming from Insanity” then you must be a different breed.
I loved its opening scene, and for a finicky person that was a good start and in a nutshell, what I just saw was a well written script, top notch acting and beautiful production, but let me take it step by step.
I thought it was a slow start after the first scene before it picked up momentum and I wondered about a few things.
I thought the transition from wanting to print fake dollars to the actual success of the racket was too swift. But then again, maybe because I am used to TV series where there is a lot of time to play with.
How intelligent was this house boy? His success was quick as though he was a natural at criminality.
But then the movie begins to come alive. I loved the twist of Toye, who had history with Kossi being the one investigating him. The printed dollar bill falling off the book shelf reconfirms that nine out of ten times investigators are just lucky with careless mistakes made by the Unsub.
The penultimate scene or the last fight as we would call it (If you watched movies in the 70s and 80s) was good, very good, but one will ask questions- Was the body guard ex-special forces or military? Had he been to the mansion before because he seemed to know his way around. He was too good and swift at his game.
The money changers came to a gun fight with swords? Hmmm! Well it comes with their nature, doesn’t it?
And the very last scene of the movie got me panting. It was as epic as they got and it also reiterates the fact that the downfall of a man with quick money in his hands is usually a woman. Lots of examples abound.
This is a love story, a thriller, and a suspenseful movie filled with action and adventure. Did I enjoy Coming from Insanity? I sure did, and you should too.
Now I should watch more movies by Ibidolapo Ajayi while I expect a sequel.
Did “Coming From Insanity” disappoint me? Certainly not. Did it meet my expectations? Yes, it did. That was top notch movie making that deserves a second viewing from me and you.
You will hardly hear, or read me say this, but I am doing that now. Please go and watch, Coming From Insanity, then thank me later.
