An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I actually had no idea what this movie was about and since there was a big cannabis leaf on all the promotional material, I assumed it would be some kind of wild stoner comedy. Well, this leaf turned out to be terribly misleading as, even if it turned out to be pretty wild, it was definitely not a stoner comedy. Fortunately, the damned thing was still entertaining enough though. Indeed, the whole chronological structure worked fine and all the various storylines were fairly well developed (the only exception would be the couple with Amanda Seyfried and Harry Treadaway which should or could have been easily removed). Concerning the cast, they were all pretty good and they had some rather juicy roles (David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, Sharlto Copley), except for a few very poorly developed female characters (Thandie Newton, Amanda Seyfried, Melonie Diaz). I was also surprised to see Paris Jackson in a very small and rather insignificant role (She is really charismatic but she doesn’t look like at all like her father which might be a good thing though). Still, even though the story and the characters were not bad, it was still missing something to really blow me away though. Eventually, I did like the approach chosen for the main character, to show him as a honest but also rather naïve and mild-mannered Nigerian man but I think it would have been more fun if the guy would have really lost his sh*t at some point (there were enough reasons to do so after all). Anyway, to conclude, even though it was nothing really amazing, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.