Onye Ozi [The Messenger] has become the first Igbo language film to hit Nigeria’s cinemas come November 22. Director, Obi Emelonye also responsible for blockbusters, Mirror Boy and Last Flight To Abuja says, ‘It’s also nice to appeal to a certain group of people with no disrespect to the other languages and tribes’.
Onye Ozi is a ‘psychological comedy’ about a typical Igbo native, Metumaribe (Okey Bakassi) who leaves Africa with high expectations for London to marry Mkpurunma (Ngozi Thompson Igwebike), a lady with two kids. Metu who had a two year plan to return to Nigeria as a made-man, found himself in a complicated situation where he becomes a ‘messenger’ between the living and the dead. Metu had to choose to respect T.J [Stephen Moriaty], an old English man he indirectly promised to avenge his death or give up his London dream and return to Nigeria with nothing [no wife, no money]
This movie is a MUST WATCH!!!
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