Todays Movie Review

LIONHEART  (2018)

Genevieve Nnajis' first directed film is one of the most exciting movie of 2018. the movie is centered on the Lead characters ambition to rise above the challenges of the male dominated industry. The Lead Character (Adaeze) being a female faces a lot of challenges but was forced to show her amazing skills in running a
company when her father was forced to step back due to health issues.

Looking to prove her worth, Adaeze steps up to the challenge when her father, Chief Ernest Obiagu is forced to take a step back due to health issues. Ironically, he appoints his crude and eccentric brother, Godswill, instead to run the company with his young daughter. Complications arise when they discover that the family business is in dire financial straits and both Adaeze and Godswill try to save the company in their own way to crazy and often hilarious results.










FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIONHEART

• Lionheart marked the first film Genevieve Nnaji is directing. 
• The film has garnered a lot of review and critics from pundits alike.
• Lionheart has been nominated for the top Black Reel Awards 2019.
• NetFlix one of the top Production Industry in the world has purchased the viewing rights of Lionheart. Netflix is known for it wide production of various films and series which has gone on to become top rated movies in the world.
•  The controversy surrounding the delay of Cinema viewing of the movie was caused as a result of a statement released by the Lionheart team alleging that the “powers that be” (distribution companies) have refused to show the movie in their cinemas. The statement further claimed that one of the major distributors, who had agreed to show the movie, backed out of the deal after being “arm twisted”.
  
  Reacting to the statement, Patrick Lee, chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) clarified the association’s position in a public statement.
  He said the Lionheart team did not adhere to the processes involved in exhibiting a film in cinemas in the country that’s why most of its members “rightly refused to take the movie.
•  Lionheart to still occupy the top position of the movie review for the 2019 statistics, according to the movie pundits.

NETFLIX CASTS

• Genevieve Nnaji      ...            Adaeze
• Nkem Owoh           ...            Godswill
• Pete Edochie           ...             Ernest
• Onyeka Onwenu     ...             Abigail
• Dika Ofoma            ...             Chidi
• Peter Okoye           ...              Arinze