The film The Briefcase Diary of a Thief was premiered at the Odeon Cinema Greenwich on Friday 16th August 2013. Although the turnout was not great, the Red Carpet attracted the normal Nollywood Movies big guns including Ngozi Ezeonu, producer of the movie Izuchukwu Okeke, Uche Odoputa, Ruke Amata, Nelson Spyk, Fatima Jabe, Nollywood PR guru Egor Efiok and many more VIPs. Please pardon me if I did not mention your name. The film was publicised for ZAFAA Global by Nollywood upcoming star Theodora Ibekwe and promoted by Sam Anwuzia and the ZAFAA team.
The film featured stars such as Yul Edochie, Joy Helen, Ngozi Ezeonu, Livinus Nnochiri, Esther Audu, and Prince Eke, The movie was produced by Izuchukwu Okeke and directed by Ugezu J Ugezu. The film started with a daughter (Nina) coming home without the knowledge of her parents and stealing the briefcase of her father containing N1.5m to give to her boyfriend (Jeff) to enable him travel to the US. There was a lot of intrigue and surprises in the story, yet the story line was maintained.
I believe that this script was well thought out and the more you thought you knew where the story was going to end, something new came up without actually distracting from the story line. I believe for a Nollywood Movie that was very brilliant. So in the movie we saw a crazy father who had millions but yet was willing to send his daughter to prison for a mere N1.5m, we saw a wife of 24 years who had lived a lie (I leave you to find out what the lie was yourself), in the midst of all this saga, we saw various scandals and a case of manslaughter, but I re-iterate the story line tied up and did not mess the message and expectations of the viewers. Although there was quiet in the hall maybe due to all the suspense, there were still moments of comedy and laughter.
In my view, the correct actors were chosen for the movie and they played the roles they were given properly. The choice of actors went to choosing the correct gate man. Diction in my view was perfect for the roles played. A typical example is that of the gate man who though he played a minor role typified a real gate man in Nigeria from that part of the country.
Having said all, there was a problem with sound which was not too good especially at the beginning of the movie, but which improved as the film went on. This seems to be a problem with Nollywood Movies and should be considered when making movies especially if the producer intends to premiere such movies. There were also minor issues with pictures in some scenes, but this does not take away anything from the overall performance of the movie itself.
I would score this movie 8 out of a possible 10. I would however recommend that the producer tries to do something about the sound before sending it to cinemas or to other premieres. The question that remains is would I recommend this film. I would definitely recommend watching this movie with an open mind and with patience as you would not know what to expect next.
Watch the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb6ZV2sxnwo
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