Jagun Jagun (The Warrior)
2023 [YORUBA]
Drama / History
Plot summary
A young man determined to become a powerful warrior joins an elite army, encountering the wrath of a maniacal warlord and the love of a fierce woman.
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This movie is one of the best movie
Far from what I expected. Reeeaaaally far.
Finally I thought I'm gonna see a good movie about African culture, because I'm really interested in it, but this movie's been a huge disappointment.
What I mostly care about in a film is the story, the characters and consistency. I don't give a thing about cinematography and visual effects at all, I don't care if there's no music at all, or if the dialogues sound scratchy. I don't even care if it's filmed with a calculator.
I don't have high expectations, so as for me, I'm satisfied with a movie, if the story is "barely okay" (no need for epic plot twists), if the characters are relatable (just be "human", you know?), and if there are no huge plotholes.
But this thing... it was like Birdemic.
Jagun jagun is mid
Jagun jagun isn't the revolutionary groundbreaker you think it is. It's repetitive, tasteless and lacks creativity. The concept of what Femi was trying to do is good, but the execution was terrible. The fight scenes were okay, but what was going on with your cinematography? And the love story between the protagonist and the princess was rushed. Imagine jumping from punishing a prisoner to inviting him to chat... doesn't make any sense. Stories should take more time to develop, and build character. I could've written this story better. And your visual effects need a lot of work. There's no creativity in that aspect either. Like the scene where (I want to assume that was dust) formed shapes to show ogundiji what was happening, it could have been done more realistically with jet turbines. And you ruined the assassin demon, that would have been wonderful if done well. Do better.







