MY MOVIE REVIEW: JAGUN JAGUN – THE WARRIOR

There are movies and there are actually movies and I why I said that is because there are movies you watch, beyond the entertainment feelings it offer, it also gives you the feeling of learning valuable lessons of life that you can not easily forget. In my little journey of watching movies, I have actually watched some movies that stood out and I must confess that one of them is JAGUN JAGUN which I want to share the movie review.

I love watching movies that are native of Nigeria. Of coirse I am a Yoruba man and seeing a movie like it which help to bring the Yoruba culture into the big stage is something that I really admire the most. JAGUN JAGUN came out at the right time where people were actually mocking a lot of movies coming from Nollywood. But this particular movie stood out. It helps to actually showcase that Yoruba culture can still compete with the culture all around the world.

The movie was produced by Femi Adebayo, it features a lot of star cast like Gbotija, like Ogundiji and many more. Gbotija played the lead role in the movie acting as the young man who was determined to be a great warrior. In that movie, one of the things that really motivated Gbotija to become a great warrior was the fact that he was motivated by his father unjust death. Since that time, he made up his mind that he will become a great warrior and avenge the death of his father.

This lead him to find his way to the warrior academy of Ogundiji who happened to be the producer of the movie. He was perfectly trained in that warrior academy. Gbotija stood out among the rest in that warrior academy and which earn him a place of threat in the system. He was favoured by everyone in that academy.

Watching the movie, there was so much that I was able to pick from it. The first is the fact that power can be used correctly but at the same time can be corrupted if not properly guided as that is what affects Ogundiji. He has the power but instead of using the power well, he abused the power and that eventually lead him to his destruction.

Not only that, one of the life lesson I was able to pick from the movie while watching was the fact that We can not prevent the journey of life and destiny. This is exactly what happen to Gbotija. Destiny has foretold that he will be the one to avenge the death of his father and fate makes way for him to eventually lead to that point even though the journey was not easy for him.

There is a particular lesson I so much love and learnt from the movie which I strongly believe I will not easily forget and that is the fact that whatever you want to become, you will still need to pass through the process of been educated in it. Take for example, while watching the movie, Gbotija wanted to become a great warrior, but he still needs to enroll into the warrior academy so that he will be perfectly trained in it. Without the training, it will be difficult for his dream to come through.

And trust me, that is what is affecting a lot of us. We really want to become something's but we are not putting ourselves into it to be trained and at the end of the day, we keep complaining that we didn't achieve the dream. Or for some people, even when pursuing the dream, we face some few challenges but we easily give up. This is not supposed to be so. Gbotija also faced strong competition and challenges but he scaled through to finally become the great warrior he has always dreamt of becoming.

Everyone did their job perfectly well if you are to ask me. The acting was superb and they make it super real. One of the things also I love about the movie was the cultural and the spiritual context of the movie. All the Yoruba tradition and culture was display into the movie and which is good. It helps to give a good representation of Yoruba Culture effectively. For me, it is a movie I can watch over and over again without not getting tired. Beyond the entertainment feelings it offer just like I said earlier, it also offers this life lesson which few of them, I have talked about now.

Rating: 9/10

For this particular movie JAGUN JAGUN, I will definitely give it 9/10. Everything was totally superb and I enjoyed watching it from the beginning to the end.