YANKEE GIRLS AND THE RETURN OF THE YANKEE GIRLSStarring Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Rita Dominic, Stella Damascus, Emeka Nwafor, Uche Elendu, Uche Obodo
Like most Nollywood movies these days, you can deduce that “the return” is the part 3 and 4 of the original movie. This movie revolves around the lives of two big girls battling for power and oil contracts. The major stars are Rita Dominic, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Stella Damascus. Stella however, was not brought into play until The Return Of The Yankee Girls.
See The Trailer here
Being a girl who absolutely loves glamour, one reason I was interested in the movie was because I expected to see the best of the best in fashion, and I was not disappointed. Again like all Nollywood films, the actresses tried to do outdo themselves and with the likes of Rita and Omotola, there was a lot of fashion, glitz and glamour as expected. This however, is the only reason I would advice any one to see this movie as the rest of it was sham. For the guys, you might be interested in the fleet of cars that were put on display, although personally I think you should be used to them cars by now. You might also just enjoy the sights of beautiful women on display and one scene you should especially watch out for is that of Omotola breaking a Hummer windshield with an axe and in the shortest of shorts. I must say Omotola really is looking fit now and is utterly sexy.
Back to the movie; Why 3 beautiful actresses would come together in a film as stupid and as disjointed as Yankee Gals is lost on me. The title is, as we used to say back in the day, “O.P” as in off point. The only thing Yankee about the movie were the dejected white people in it, of which one of them am sure is Lebanese and I could hardly make out what he was saying. Don’t get me wrong, there was a story, the Director was just too *%&$#$ (lack of words to use) to put the scenes together. The movie is a drag; it takes up about 3 hours of pointless time. The Yankee girls were basically the introduction that managed to contain 2 discs. Nollywood, a word of advice, you can have parts but at least have enough sensible stories to make up for your parts and sequels. Maybe the strategy was to make the film so disjointed, that you would only have to watch it to understand because no one can relate the story.
Every single scene had a problem. First, what was with the meaningless and totally impossible show of power by having road blocks on the busy streets of Lagos and shootings that were uncalled for? Anyway maybe anything is possible in Lagos. Most importantly, Nollywood movies should NOT, under any circumstance, involve SHOOTINGS, not yet, maybe never. There were a few laughs; a scene involving “supposed” seductive dancing, a Cuban cigar that was held (and put in mouth) but never lit, then the “mean looking man” that appears and disappears in the black suit? Exactly what was his purpose again? To shoot at a woman that every one knew could not be shot at? Oh and if you want to shop privately in a boutique, call the manager before you get there and save yourself and others the embarrassment. Even dumb and richer Paris Hilton has enough sense to do that.
The big question, should you see this movie? Generally and personally a big capital N-O. But if you are feeling too rich with yourself, then hey, knock yourself out. There are a few good things though, for one, there was good acting, of course. There were some funny scenes and lets not forget ladies, FASHION at one of its best.
Every single scene had a problem. First, what was with the meaningless and totally impossible show of power by having road blocks on the busy streets of Lagos and shootings that were uncalled for? Anyway maybe anything is possible in Lagos. Most importantly, Nollywood movies should NOT, under any circumstance, involve SHOOTINGS, not yet, maybe never. There were a few laughs; a scene involving “supposed” seductive dancing, a Cuban cigar that was held (and put in mouth) but never lit, then the “mean looking man” that appears and disappears in the black suit? Exactly what was his purpose again? To shoot at a woman that every one knew could not be shot at? Oh and if you want to shop privately in a boutique, call the manager before you get there and save yourself and others the embarrassment. Even dumb and richer Paris Hilton has enough sense to do that.
The big question, should you see this movie? Generally and personally a big capital N-O. But if you are feeling too rich with yourself, then hey, knock yourself out. There are a few good things though, for one, there was good acting, of course. There were some funny scenes and lets not forget ladies, FASHION at one of its best.
As far as ratings go, 4 out of 10, 2 for fashion, 1 for acting, ½ for cars and ½ for the storyline which came up to remind you of itself once in a while. This movie was not properly executed. The storyline itself isn’t worth movie recognition. Plus, the directing was totally poor. Hey guess what? There’s more. Watch out for YANKEE BOYS. Lol. No, seriously, Jim Iyke, Ramsey Noah and Emeka Ike.
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2 comments:
wow! this review is on point. please you guys should do more of this. nice one.
I like to see white men in African movies.But African please even if you cant have Brad Pitt.Dont put on your movie a white man that looks like a homeless you pick up from the corner of the store.Guy shirt look like a rag from the kitchen.That movie is a shame.
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