''Ikogosi: The Last Turn on Left'' is a 2015
Nigerian
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...
romantic drama film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
, produced and directed by
Toka McBaror. It stars
Chelsea Eze, IK Ogbonna,
Lisa Omoriodon, Leo Orji, Didi Ekanem. The film narrates "the story of a simple holiday which goes bad and turns into an ugly trip".
The film was generally panned by film critics.
Cast
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Chelsea Eze as Emem
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IK Ogbonna
Ikechukwu Mitchel Ogbonna (born 11 January 1984), professionally known as IK Ogbonna, is a Nigerian film and television actor, model, director, and television personality. He is a Director, Model and TV Personality. He was in the movie ''Playing ...
as George
*Lisa Omoriodon as Emilia
*Leo Orji as Mike
*Didi Ekanem as Beverly
*Bruttus Richard as James
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Toka McBaror as Collins
*Kunle Adetoba as Martins
*Emem Isaac as Cynthia
*Kemi Michaels as Remilekun
Reception
''Ikogosi'' was panned by critics. Ada of
Nollywood Reinvented
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gives the film 2 out of 5 stars, praising the set design, music and costumes, but criticizes the story and screenplay, the actors' performances, and directing. She concludes: "Though there are enough stories about relationships and marriage that definitely need to be told, they have been done so many times. There's a need to make movies around such topics that add more dimension and tell the stories in different and unexpected ways. There were enough dimensions to the plot of ''Ikogosi'' to develop and the resolutions definitely deserved more set up. I would not advise committing time to watching this movie unless you are bored. Completely bored". Adenike Adebayo heavily criticized the purpose of the film and rated it 1 out of 5 stars.
References
External links
*{{YouTube, 0RRVA0aczHc, ''Ikogosi'' trailer
2015 romantic drama films
2015 films
Nigerian romantic drama films
Films shot in Ekiti
English-language Nigerian films
2010s English-language films
English-language romantic drama films