THE BLOOD COVENANT 1,2, AND 3

TITLE: THE BLOOD COVENANT 1, 2 AND 3.

DIRECTOR: ELVON JARRET

WRITER: MIKE BAMILOYE.

PRODUCER: MIKE BAMILOYE.

SCREEN PLAY: ORE ADEWOLE

TIMING: 1997.

REVIEW DATE: 29TH OF OCTOBER, 2010.

GENRE: TRAGEDY.

NAME OF REVIEWER: OLUKUNMI IYANUOLUWA GRACE.

PLOT / SUMMARY: THE FILM WAS ALL ABOUT SECRET OR HIDDEN SINS. IT WAS ABOUT A FERVENT MAN OF GOD- REV MARKSON TENIOLA WHO FELL INTO TEMPTATION BY COMMITTING ADULTERY WITH MISS ANGELA. MISS ANGELA WAS SENT FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD TO DESTROY REVEREND TENIOLA MINISTRY. HER ASSIGNMENT IS TO HAVE A BLOOD COVENANT WITH MINISTERS OF GOD AND DESTROY THE CHURCH. MRS JENNIFER TENIOLA- WIFE OF REVEREND TENIOLA WAS A FERVENT AND PRAYERFUL WOMAN OF GOD WHO HAS BEEN OF GREAT HELP TO THE CHURCH. BABA MOSADILUWA WAS REV. TENIOLA MENTOR, HE WAS THE MAN WHO ORDAINED HIM TO BECOME A PASTOR SEVEN YEARS AGO AND ALSO HIS SPIRITUAL FATHER. REV. TENIOLA CONFESSED HIS SINS TO BABA BUT BABA TOLD HIM THAT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, HE HAS TO CONFESS HIS SINS TO HIS WIFE AND THE CHURCH. REV. TENIOLA DID NOT YIELD DUE TO PRIDE AND SHAME. DESPITE REVELATIONS FROM PASTOR ZACHUS WHO WAS THE PRAYER TEAM LEADER AND A THREAT TO MISS ANGELA AND HER GROUP, REVEREND TENIOLA STILL HARDENED HIS HEART. A LOT OF WARNINGS CAME FROM BABA, PASTORS ZACHUS AND DEACONS IN THE CHURCH BUT STILL HE DID NOT YIELD. THE CHURCH BEGAN TO FALL. THE FINAL BLOW WAS WHEN REV. TENIOLA WENT TO MISS ANGELA’S HOUSE BECAUSE SHE LIED TO HIM THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT, THAT WAS WHEN HE SLEPT WITH HER FOR THE SECOND TIME AND A POISON WAS SENT TO HIS MOUTH THEREBY CAUSING HIM TO BRING OUT BLOOD PROFUSELY. HE ENDED UP HIS LIFE AT THE END OF THE FILM WITH A WARNING TO MINISTERS OF GOD WHO ARE STILL COVERING THEIR SINS TO REPENT AND CONFESS THEIR SINS.


THEME: SECRET SINS.

SETTING: THE FILM WAS ACTED IN IBADAN. THEY MADE USE OF ROYAL THEATRE FOR THE PRAYER MEETING AND CHURCH AND A DUPLEX FOR HIS HOME.

MAIN CASTS: MIKE BAMILOYE-BABA, GLORIA BAMILOYE- MISS ANGELA, TOYIN OKE- MRS JENNIFER TENIOLA, BOLA ADEPOJU- QUEEN AND ORE ADEWOLE- PASTOR ZACHUS

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH.

FLAWS: I NOTICE THE FILM WAS NOT CLEAR ENOUGH ON THE SCREEN. THE VOICES OF THE ACTORS WERE ALSO NOT CLEAR WITH SOME RUMBLING AT THE BACKGROUND. THE ACTION IN THE FILM WAS NOT JUST ENOUGH FOR THE KIND OF MOVIE.

CINEMATOGRAPHY; MEDIUM SHOTS WAS USED MOSTLY, FEW CLOSE UP SHOT AND JUST ONE LONG SHOT WAS USED.

TRANSITION: THEY USE MORE OF CUT BUT FEW WIPE AND DISSOLVE WAS USED.

FINALE: THE STORY ACTUALLY WAS A WARNING TO MINISTERS OF GOD WHO REFUSE TO CONFESS THEIR SINS AND STILL COVERS IT UP. THE STORY TALKS ABOUT MORAL DISCIPLINE AND SPIRITUALITY.IT HAD A TRAGIC ENDING WITH THE DEATH OF REV. TENIOLA MARKSON