POISONOUS AFFAIR 1 AND 2

FILM NAME: POISONOUS AFFAIR 1 AND 2
DIRECTOR: Noah Jacob
PRODUCED BY: Kelechi Ogbara
RELEASE DATE: 2007
GENRE: Tragedy
REVIEWER: Olorunfemi Tolulope Jamie
LENGTH OF MOVIE: 2: 19: 30
PLOT:
The father of a young man, Akunanwata, is about to die. Before the man dies he joins his son together with a young lady called Nkiru as husband and wife. 25 years later Akunanwata (silas) and Nkiru (Monalisa) are still married but unhappy with themselves.
Darmy (Desmond) comes to Akunanwata’s office, as a graduate of economics, to apply to be a driver as he prefers this to being idle. He is given the job and later on, Akunanwata takes him home to meet his wife. Nkiru is happy to see him and develops ideas of her own.
As Darmy familiarizes himself with the area, he takes note of a girl called Naomi (Mercy). He decides to go to her house to visit her but is greatly embarrassed when she gets offended and tells him to get out of her house. Nkiru asks Darmy to be her lover. He doesn’t know what to do but his friend advices him to take a chance and accept her proposal.
While driving to work one day, Naomi’s car breaks down and she is stranded. Just then Darmy drives past and stops to help her. After this they get to know each other and before long they start a relationship. Also, on the side, Darmy also starts a relationship with Nkiru. Things start to go well for him as Nkiru pulls some strings. She then fakes that she is pregnant for him and she would not terminate the pregnancy if he doesn’t go before a shrine to engage her.
After this is done she confesses that she was never pregnant. She rewards him with some big gifts and they both start to plan their wedding. Meanwhile to prove to Naomi that he loves and truly wants to marry her, he makes them do a blood covenant. He also starts to plan his wedding to Naomi. Something occurs and Akunanwata dies because of Nkiru. While Nkiru arranges for her late husband’s burial, Darmy and Naomi finalize their wedding plans.
When Nkiru comes back and learns of Darmy’s wedding, she is furious and tries to stop it but fails. In anger Nkiru sets Darmy up but everything bounces back and she is arrested. Darmy experiences the repercussion of breaking his engagement to Nkiru but is delivered through prayers.

THEME: the major themes of the movie are betrayal, cheating and wickedness. These themes are almost expressed in the different circumstances in the movie.

MAIN CASTS: Desmond Elliot, Monalisa Chinda, Mercy Johnson, and Silas Ogbuechi.

SETTING: Nigeria

LANGUAGE: English

SHOTS: The types of shots used in this movie are mainly the medium shots. A few close up shots came in during the course of the film.

ANGLE: Different camera anglings were used but the most prominent used the camera is also that of medium. Once in a while the camera was angled differently to put more illustration on a particular object or person.

CAMERA MOVEMENTS:
Pan was definitely used. Often times pan left and right were used. The camera movements were generally good.

MAKE UP:
The make up used in this movie was pretty light as no one was overly made up. The make up was slightly natural as seen in the case of darmy (Desmond) through out the movie.

COSTUME:
The costumes used in the movie were a mixture of traditional and English wears. It was pretty simple and less dramatic. It suited the film well.

CONCLUSION:
This movie is a good piece when you follow the story line. Although at a point you get lost trying to find the main actor i.e. the center of attention in the movie. Occasionally the soundtrack did not depict the particular scene being shown. Also one often lost track of the general theme of the movie.
Also one can notice that some of the actors used were not really playing their roles well. The emotional level of the film was not really high except maybe at the beginning when Akunanwata’s father was about to die.
However, the film was generally good and interesting. The writer did a good job and so did the director. The message the writer was trying to pass across was gotten. The story line and every other element came together to give a satisfactory watch.