MOVIE REVIEW “BROTHERHOOD 2022” WRITTEN BY JADE OSIBERU
After years of fighting to survive on the streets of Lagos, two brothers fall on opposite sides of the law, in the movie Brotherhood.
Release date: 23 September 2022 (Nigeria)
Director: Loukman Ali
Producer: Jadesola Osiberu
Box office: ₦328,881,120
Distributed by: Genesis Pictures
About The Movie, Brotherhood
Brotherhood is a Nigeria crime-action thriller produced by Jade Osiberu. The film was released to cinemas in Africa on the 23rd of September 2022. The film started showing simultaneously in several African countries including Nigeria, Cameroun, Togo, Chad and others; directed by Loukman Ali, the movie was produced by Greoh Studios and sold for N328, 881,120 at box office.
The Brotherhood tells a story of twin brothers Wale Adetula (played by popular musician Falz) and Akin Adetula (played by Tobi Bakre) who find themselves at the opposite arms of the law after watching their parent’s brutal murder at a very young age. They begin living different lives winning and becoming lords in their own den till their paths cross in a climatic tragedy the law enforcer, Falz, becomes a top dog and goes after one of the most notorious crime units in the area whose operations are guided by the brainy twin, Tobi Bakre.
Brotherhood Movie Cast
Tobi Bakre as Akin Adetula
Falz as Wale Adetula
Basketmouth as Shadow
Mr Macroni as Adura
Sam dede as Officer Daniel
Toni Tones as Goldie
OC Ukeje as Izra
Dorathy Bachor as Kamsi
Boma Akpore as Sanusi
Ronke Oshodi Oke
Seyi Awolowo
Omawunmi
Diane russet
Zubby Michael
Swanky JKA
Brotherhood In The Cinema
From the opening screen, the pace of the movie had been set. The producer of brotherhood had a clear vision of what they wanted. The next scenes showed us a criminal and a law enforcer, two opposite sides of the law who ironically are twins. This could be compared to real life as the law and crime are always at each other necks like Tom and Jerry. This ironic twist brings these two opposites together as twins. A well crafted story.
The movie progresses but gives little information on how they got on the different track. We realize that Akin had to steal from a young age to fend for his brother as they were orphans. This early development in his life led him to the life of crime that sends him to prison. It could be a theory that Wale joined the force to stop the brutality he witnessed when he was a young child. He kept a clean record and although we realize later that he also had to lie to protect the truth.
Although the story is beautiful in its graphics, a few errors could have been omitted from the cinematography and directing. The first scenes were these errors are seen is at the early operation of the FBI; the raid of a drug dealer’s hideout. It could be deduced that the FBI mission was to rescue the children in the hideout. However, they come in shooting sporadically rather than diplomatically. In a real life scenario, a kid could have been hurt!
Akin comes out of prison and meets his old friend, a member of the terrible and feared Ojuju gang. It is a very beautiful twist that unfolds the conflict in the Movie. However, the gang has no story to solidify the claims of their tyranny. Perhaps this is because the gang is a fiction group, but a background story would have propelled and gave the plot some finesse.
I love how the twins relate with each other throughout the movie. They show a mutual respect for each other even though they are not in sync and they never stopped playing cop and thief. A valuable lesson was alluded in the story; keep tabs on your relations. Know what and where they get the bag. This was a lesson that their aunty learnt at the later part of the film.
The costumes and camera angles used during the shoot were spectacular. The right tone was set by the colour grade artist. However, Nollywood has grown beyond gun effects and blood displays VFX. There are much better animated for better filming quality.
The twins finding love simultaneously is a beautiful twist and losing someone close to heart is good for tragedy although only Akin was able to make us feel the loss of his girlfriend. The closing fight between the Ojuju gang and the police which was aimed to be the climax of the movie didn’t achieve the expected effect for me. The VFX was just a distraction as it didn’t really seem real.
However, the Brotherhood movie is a beautiful film and deserves to be watched with special people over popcorn.
Ratings For Brotherhood
From storyline to costume to camera angles to color grading to audio engineering to VFX to casting to location, I would rate the movie an overall 85%. Shout-out to Greoh Studio for this wonderful work.
