GhanaWeb Movie Review: Lil Win, Bismark Odoi face off in “The Bachelors”

Comedy actors, Lil Win and Bismark Nii Odoi of ‘Single Six’ and ‘Cheaters Book 2’ fame, came head-to-head in the New Year’s Day premiered movie, The Bachelors, produced by Abdul Salam Mumuni.

The much spoken about star-studded Ghanaian movie is worthy of the tag, best comedy movie of the year for now; as it bridged the gap between Twi-language and English-language comedy.

Multiple award winning comedy actor, Lil Win, was a surprise star in the movie as this was his first English movie. He gave his usual rib cracking performance as a “houseboy” with a romantic dream scene with none other than Jackie Appiah.

They delivered a good mix of Twi and English in their love scene with Lil Win’s lines sounding very entertaining as he struggled to communicate partly in a typical Ghanaian English which comes out as a word-for-word translation of Twi also known as “Twinglish”.

Thanks to the near accurate subtitles, non-Twi speaking movie lovers can understand what he communicated verbally.

The actor who got the most laugh reactions from the audience at the Silverbird Cinema, where I watched the movie, was Bismark Nii Odoi who played the role of a “gateman” in James Gardiner’s house. He stole the show with humorous scenes he executed perfectly.

Bismark Nii Odoi has an upper hand over Lil Win since he possesses same qualities and even better, he speaks good English. Language counts when it comes to marketing movies and this comes back to bite actors like Lil Win who would only appeal to Twi speaking people worldwide.

The movie should be the break for the props and set designer, Bismark Odoi, to get more roles as he is the answer to Ghanaian comedy movies when it comes to winning international awards and selling outside the regular markets. He is a sure bet for the future.

The movie is about bachelors who use schemes to prey on beautiful ladies and also to do away with them after satisfying their libido.

It starred actors like Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Nelson, James Gardner, Elikem Kumordzie, Eddie Watson, Beverly Afaglo, Nana Ama McBrown, and Ingrid Alabi among others.

Yvonne Nelson was one-legged in the movie which was perfectly shot to make it look real. Make-up was on point and the scenes were timely and well-coordinated.

The pictures were rich with supporting sound near perfect except the final scene shot in a bar where a microphone was visible in front of the actors James Gardiner, Eddie Watson and Elikem Kumordzie.

The movie is still showing at the Silverbird Cinemas. Visit HERE for details.