TATU




GENRE: Thriller/ Comedy/ Adventure/ Fantasy
YEAR: 2017
WRITER: Jude Idada and Don Omope (based on a book by Dr.  Abraham Nwankwo)
DIRECTOR: Don Omope
PRODUCER: Don Omope
CAST:

 Rahama Sadau 






Gabriel Afolayan 





Toyin Aimakhu 






Segun Arinze





Sambasa Nzeribe 






Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi 






Desmond Elliot 






Afeez Oyetoro 






Frank Donga 

SYNOPSIS:
A cult in a strange village worships a vicious god named Buru; in every generation a child is born bearing a birthmark which signifies their position as the chosen one. Their destiny is to die for the sins of the people once they get to 21 years of age. One of such children is born to a woman; to give her daughter a chance at a normal life and save her from her destiny, she hands the child over to a Christian priest.
15 years later the child, Tatu is a nun in training who sneaks out at night to party, she meets a man in the process, and he falls in love with her. As her 21st birthday approaches pressure is mounted on her mother to produce the child. The chief priest sends her appointed protector after her.
The girl is taken, the Christian priest and her love interest go to her rescue, and the man sent after her turns on the chief priest and overthrows him. She is set free.

TRAILER:
Courtesy: Ay Show (Youtube Channel) 

 THE GOOD:
From the first scene I was captivated by the picture quality and choice of shots. It is safe to say that the director of photography and director deserve some accolades for this one 👏. This movie shows our potential. Watching this, it is not hard to imagine that in the nearest future Nollywood would be at par with every other movie industry in the world.
The location choices are also a plus, so is the casting. The special effects and the entire ambience of the movie is spot on.
Well done to the entire crew that worked on this project. Gaffer if you are reading this, you did a great job 👌👍

 THE BAD:
After watching this movie I feel forced to find the book it was based on, I do not want to believe that the author published a book with such a disjointed baseless story, perhaps the story was lost in translation.
First, finding the appropriate genre placement for this movie was hard; that is how bad it is, it is unclear what the writer wants us to feel, is this a comedy? Are we to feel compassion? Or fear?
At moments you are to feel fear or deep compassion they add some meaningless misplaced comedy. Most scenes build-up to something that ever happens leaving you feeling confused.
The accent, especially from the ‘Mother superior’ destroys whatever seriousness or emotions her lines are supposed to elicit.
The acting from the lead actress is poor, she was unable to shed a single genuine tear all through the movie,  it is hard to believe anything she says, combined with the terrible misplaced comedy it is just a bad situation going on here.
I admit I fell asleep twice watching this movie, waiting for the thrilling moment that never came.
The audio effect on Segun Arinze’s voice was a huge distraction from the very beginning 😕, extremely unnecessary and unrealistic. Most of his scenes involve him chanting ‘Kamani’ in this weird voice and playing with fire.
Watching this you are also forced to wonder if this ancient society is down the road from the city; that quite frankly makes no sense.
Fight scene of the chief priest and ‘Kamani’ was terrible.
Finally is there any reason why the baby was born in a hut when the girl was free and the city was just a car ride away?

VERDICT:
Great cinematography, props, set, make-up, costumes, locations and special effects but the movie was boring and over dramatized. Money should have been spent on a proper story 😞; this was disjointed and had too many mixed messages.

RATING:
Acting: 5/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Plot: 1/10
FINAL RATING: 5/10

FULL CAST:
  • ·       Narimana – Segun Arinze
  • ·       Father Hano – Desmond Elliot
  • ·       Kamani – Sambasa Nzeribe
  • ·       Tatuma – Rahama Sadau
  • ·       Wally – Gabriel Afolayan
  • ·       Mother Superior – Funlola Aofiyebi – Raimi
  • ·       Larayi – Toyin Abraham
  • ·       Tasco Champion – Stephen Demian
  • ·       Adeline – Oludara Egerton Shyngle
  • ·       Father Ageh – Tolulope Awoyibi (Lord Tanner)
  • ·       Guard 1 – Afeez Oyetoro
  • ·       Guard 2 – Kunle Idowu
  • ·       Young Kamani – Suara Olayinka
  • ·       Young Tatuma – Teniola Awobiyi
  • ·       Little Kamani – Dumebi Nzeribe
  • ·       Burus Incarnate – Uche Okeke
  • ·       Prostitute – Anacle Genevieve
  • ·       Donkey man – Monday Abraham
  • ·       New Baby – Oluwajeda Saheed
  • ·       DJ – The Venus Bushfire
  • ·       Bouncer – Johnson Kalu
  • ·       Nuns – Olorunnisomo Melissa
      • Akomola Precious
      • Adenogba Oluwapamiyena Deborah
      • Adeyemi Oluwakemi Zara
      • Ebunoluwa Fatogun
      • Arise Tosin

And many nuns in training
  • ·      Little Men – Oriyomi Olaewe
      • Semiu Raji
      • Ganiyu Ayinde
      • Abel Madu

Many village youth and extras (too numerous to list)

CREW:
  • ·       1st Assistant Camera – Otega Ododoru
          • Oke Ayodeji
  • ·       2nd Assistant Camera – Sunday Omolade
          • Chidiebere Oluwasola
          • Emmanuel Ujah
  • ·       Production Assistants – Dayo Alamu
          • Olamide Adeoti
  • ·       Special Effect Make-up – Hakeem Effect Onilogbo
  • ·       Special Effect Assistants – Caroline Osagie
  • ·       Make Up/ Hair Stylist – Thelma Ozy Smith
  • ·       Make Up Assistant – Adaeze Nwaobodo
  • ·       Costume Designer/ Accessories – Yolanda Okereke
  • ·       Costume Assistants – Ifeanyichukwu Norbert
                                                  Jojolola Oyetunde
  Marcelle Umar
  • ·       Welfare Co-ordinator  – Olamide Adeoti
  • ·       Admin Officer (Finance) –Arise Tosin
  • ·       Onset First Aider – El Imam Babalola
  • ·       Behind the Scenes – Mike Afolarin
          • Suara Olayinka
  • ·       Still Photographer – Dapo Omope
  • ·       Art Directors – Uzoma Mike Ebuka
        • Ebunoluwa Fatogun
        • Don Omope
  • ·       Set Dressers – Jubril Adedapo
        • Olufeso Lateef
  • ·       Props – Odeniji Oluwaseun
  • ·       Digital Images Technician – Adekunle Bryan Oyetunde
  • ·       Production Co-ordinator – Keme Bedford
  • ·       Production Manager – Toma Enakarhire
  • ·       Sound Recordist – Pius Fatoke
  • ·       Boom Swinger – Habib Adebayo
  • ·       Assistant Boom Swinger – Sodiq Adebayo
  • ·       Locations – Steve Awana
      • Don Omope
      • Tolu Awobiyi
  • ·       Gaffer – Babatunde Akinniyi
  • ·       Script Supervisor – Ndifreke Mathew
  • ·       Clapper Loader – Uche Okeke
  • ·       Crane Operators – Micheal Taylor
        • Ikechukwu Ede
  • ·       Casting – Kene Mpkaru
      • Yolande Okereke
      • Don Omope
  • ·       Editing & Special Effects – Chuka Musa
  • ·       Music – Chuka Musa
  • ·       Sound Design – Kolade Morakinyo
  • ·       Director of Photography – Akpe Ododoru
  • ·       Screenplay – Jude Idada
      • Don Omope
  • ·       Associate Producer – Segun Arinze
          • Yolanda Okereke
  • ·       Co-Producer – Tolulope Awobiyi
  • ·       Executive Producer – Dr Abraham Nwankwo
  • ·       2nd Assistant Director – Joshua Alabi
  • ·       1st Assistant Director – Ade Oshin

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