User Reviews

So as someone who's loved half of his life in Nigeria, I was unimpressed due to the production of this both in terms of acting and script.

No pun intended there. But it is a shame, that we get something that has a meaning and does depict colonialism as evil and the repurcussions that happen while invading territories ... but really loses a lot of its touch due to the production values and the bad acting, especially from the villains in this movie. You can't take them seriously, when they spout racists and mean things, when the acting skills are below standard.

It's so bad then, that it is funny, but not voluntarily. Which is obvious and painful at the same time. Also the movie is not for the faint hearted. There is a lot of (bad CGI) violence and the movie starts off with one of those crazy scenes. Not to mention the righteousness and morality it tries to hammer home. You have a headache yet? Don't worry it will come soon ...

Seeing this movie was torture, an infliction of pain that permeated my bone marrow - and it is so perhaps because I'm a History graduate who could not help but notice the many goofs in the plot, acting and battle choreography gone bad. The colonial officers didn't sound British. The dialogue was plain, so much on the surface. How many holes were dug to sink this movie? And coming from an ace 'Nollywood' director I root for, I'm disappointed.

Why on God's green earth was there a 1960s transistorized shortwave radio beside someone wearing a white uniform with a modern day Anarchist logo on his shoulder...I could go on and on, and I'm appalled by the many things not gotten right here because this subject was my term paper in my third year and I had an A in this course (blowing my trumpets? No!) - all I'm saying is that the director, who was also the writer and other crew members, could do better. This was meant to be a historical fiction that was meant to expose the thievery of the British colonial administrators (and their callous pilfering of the Great and sophisticated Benin Empire) but it didn't do justice.

Lancelot could have done better even with the limitations.

My verdict: this movie needs a remake! A remake!

Did not watch all of this crap. Not even second rate, obviously racially inclined crap from an African nation with no film industry I am aware of, and translated from Afrikaans, does not sound right in English. Even the so-called British colonial uniforms look definitely more Dutch than British and the dialogue is terrible.

This movie was very educational and interesting to watch. I am still in shock it was done in 2014. The acting and directing was superb. Some reviews that heavily criticised this work seem racist and angry the white men were portrayed as wicked people.

Kudos to the cast and crew.

Kudos! To Lancelot Oduwa and the rest of the crew, actors and actresses behind the success of this movie. I have always had deep interest in the West African history, especially revolving around the ancient powerful kingdoms. Therefore, I found this movie very educative.