Osoronga is a Nollywood film with Ibrahim Chatta as the lead actor. It casts Odunlade Adekola, Saheed Osupa, Fathia Balogun, Bimbo Akintola, Yomi Fash-Lanso, Itele D Icon, etc.
It tells the story of a businessman who suddenly finds himself running helter-skelter to save his life after witches said he would die in 21 days. Despite being the son of a prayerful prophetess, the man couldn’t get help from his mother. He decided to seek help from herberlists, Islamic clerics and every spiritualist he could find, but none could save him from the nightmares the witches were inflicting on him. The man had to wonder what offence he had committed that made the witches come for his life.
This movie is a low-budget one and a waste of my time. I would have ended the movie 20 minutes into it, if not for the sake of reviewing it. The story is poor, and the plots are just weak and put together in an amateurish way. The writers created several plots just to prevent viewers from knowing the reason why the witches were after the businessman. Such plots could only fool a dumb person because I already suspected his prophetess mother as the witch behind his calamity. That’s a spoiler, and yes, I said it because the movie is not worth your time.
The plot where Odunlade Adekola was insulting and fighting his friends for refusing to hand over a contract to his company was poorly written. The plot between Fathia Balogun and Bimbo Akintola was also poorly written. They were concocted not only to make us suspect those characters for the businessman’s calamity, but also to prolong the time, especially the part involving Iya Gbonka. Perhaps, the writers of this movie thought they were writing for a nursery school stage play.
This movie had scenes depicting the witchcraft underworld, with costumes that looked like they were taken from the 90s Koto Aye and Koto Orun movies. I must commend the director for bringing together a large number of people to play witches, and the costumes given to them. The lighting of the scene was also brilliant. However, the scene wasn’t scary, compared to the vibe such scenes from Koto Aye used to give viewers. A brilliant performance was displayed in the witchcraft underworld scene by Saheed Osupa, who kept going on and on with incantations and singing.
The moment you see the cast of this movie, you are likely going to expect something brilliant. Sadly, I got the opposite. I think the director was able to get the cast because Nollywood now has consortium of actors who support each other’s projects, regardless of how weak it is. Imagine seeing Femi Adebayo in the cast but only seeing him appear for not more than 10 seconds. I guess he just showed up to support his buddies.
This movie was released in 2023 but it looks and feels like something released in 2009. The technical aspect is nothing to write home about. This movie is the type you can watch while washing dishes, sweeping the house or going to spend some time inside you room without missing any needed scene by the time you return your attention to it. It gets 4/10.
