Let's discuss a story set in Mirage Estate, a rich gated community with the likes of various individuals who presented themselves as ordinary people but have got some hidden identity attached to them. What do we call this bunch of hidden secrets covered with smiles and pretence?
It follows a criminal and a most wanted Niger delta warlord (Tornado) and his wife who hide in plain sight after faking their death on the day their baby was baptized. Tornado had it all planned as he used his house helps as a bait to making people believe he and his wife died to an helicopter explosion just to close his criminal record off the police file.
The plan actually worked and everyone believed the act except for a police dictator who refused to believe simply because his instincts tell him something there is something fishy about the whole act. Now one Mr and Mrs Jonas and Lucas are a couple from Russia who landed in Nigeria for business purposes but then the foreign couple got busted when the fingerprint of Lucas matched the wife of the most wanted presumably dead criminals by posing as bakers after years on the run.
The set
The ordinary Pharmacist who happened to be an undercover agent looking for a perfect time to strike the iron as they mounted a strict surveillance on their direct opposite neighbors, the ordinary bakers.
Then Mr Laguda who's just an Ordinary tech guy working with a company but a retired soldier who is a tech pro looking for the murderer of his only brother who was killed in cold blood during the birthday party of his boss by this most dangerous and wanted criminal. Now with zero stress he creeps into every resident, uncovering everyone's secrets from his room as he hacked the CCTV camera of every resident.
Then here comes the Ordinary teachers who ran from Ghana when charges were laid about funds that were syphoned. They were ordinary even though fugitives until they had no options other than to kill someone who recognized them and threatened to call the Ghanaian police and now they have trouble disposing of the corpse since you can't leave the estate without being searched.
Then the Ordinary doctor who wanted to help but had to be paid in kind. Rendering the help of helping a young lady abort her pregnancy but due to lack of proper care she lost her life in his house and then the Ordinary doctor finds himself too in a tight situation as the rule of searching every vehicle before leaving the estate was enacted by him now he also is stuck with a corpse in his house.
The ordinary comedian who has got a different identity of domestic violence inside his house but shows love to his wife publicly outside the house.
Or is it the ordinary actress who is a drug addict and constantly displays some level of mental health issues embarrassing her husband on several occasions.
Now, all of those past predicaments collided with the current situation when police stormed the estate with a heavy gunfire in search of the notorious Tornado but instead of this alone others got unfortunate as their evil were brought to total exposure.
What I love from the movie is how a mother will go extra lengths for the love of her child, it's just quite unfortunate that she had to lose her life.
Critics mentioned the constant repetition of scenes one of the lapses I discovered in the movie too. It would have been more of a suspense if they had skipped and not given in full detail only to come back and give it as review of incidents of what happened that led to some of the current situations.
All photos are screenshots from the movie on my device.
Past secrets and current dangers collide, forcing neighbors to choose between survival, loyalty, and betrayal.
Director: Moses Inwang
Cast: Ramsey Nouah Chidi Mokeme Sharon Ooja Adunni Ade Jackie Appiah Lasisi Elenu Michelle Dede Eddie Watson and Uche Montana.
Rate the movie 60/100
