REVIEW OF “SHACKLES” TRAILER

You’re welcome to another trailer review; hope you enjoyed the last one on the making of Abattoir. Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at another 2019 movie – Shackles, written by Mike Bamiloye.

1. THE PRODUCERS

From the trailer, we see that this movie is a collaboration between Flaming Sword Ministries International and Mount Zion Film Productions. This alliance has seen the production of several impactful and wonderful films including the Abejoye series (2018 & 2019), Roaring Fears (2018), and Life of the Billows (2017). Shackles also promises to be a satisfying experience; I can say so because each production from these stables always seems to outdo the previous one. When the irons of FSMI and MZFP sharpen each other, you can only expect to have something mind-blowing at the end of the day.

1. THE CHARACTERS

The trailer showcases four major characters. There is a couple, Evelyn played by Margaret Anenih (“Waiting for the Prince” “Lost in Sodom”) and her husband – Idiagbonya Samuel – with their baby.

There also “seems” to be another couple of some sort in the movie – the Prophetess in Calabar played by Gloria Bamiloye (“Wounded Heart”, “Just a Little Sin”, “House on Fire”) and another spiritualist by the name ‘Gasiki’ played by Mike Bamiloye (“Agbara Nla”, the “Abejoye” series, “Ina Abe Aso”).

Daddy Mike Bamiloye is seen crossing two swords against an adversary; that’s one battle to look forward to in this movie. We also spot Joseph Opadele (“Land of Fury”) as probably the Holy Spirit in the movie.

• THE PLOT

The story seems to be centered on Evelyn and her husband; their search for the fruit of the womb has led them down different paths. Her husband makes her promise that she will not go to a certain Prophetess located in Calabar, which suggests either that they both have had a previous encounter with her, or that Evelyn’s intentions to go there were not without his knowledge. Nonetheless, it does seem she ends up seeking the services of a spiritualist without her husband’s knowledge, a man called Gasiki.

It appears she eventually gets her wish of a child but as the scriptures make us know, only God gives a blessing that adds no sorrow to it. We see a scene where Gasiki calmly converses with Evelyn as we suppose she’s yet to fulfil her end of whatever deal she has had with him. Either that or the spiritualist has brought in other terms and conditions that Evelyn did not bargain for. He refers to the baby boy as ‘my son’ and has named him something that sounds like “Mellambua Dakoshi”, so we can only imagine what agreement she may have had with him. We have a conflict here as Gasiki’s demand is constantly turned down by Evelyn; a stance which probably leads to Gasiki appearing in her living room and striking her hard with a weapon. Gasiki stalks her and continues to harass her. He does not look like a guy that needs a door to gain entrance into one’s home. He finds his way to Evelyn’s house and a hospital she is admitted to probably due to an attack caused by Gasiki himself.

Presumably, when Evelyn humbles herself and goes back to the Lord, she is then able to break the shackles that have held her bound. She is the one that battles Gasiki; the attack of his two swords is repelled by her one sword. The trailer ends on this note.

CONCLUSION

We hope that before the end of this year, Shackles will be released, though it’s been premiered in some places already. I was unable to attend but my guess is that Shackles was the movie premiered at the Drama Ministers’ Power Night held in Ibadan on June 7, 2019. Fingers crossed as we wait to see the result of the battle fought in Shackles.

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Thanks for reading this trailer review. Up next, we will be reviewing recently released 2018 film Roaring Fears and 2019’s Abejoye Season 2 (The Peacemaker). Watch out!