Ijakumo: The Born Again Stripper

A title like Ijakumo just sounds intimidating and powerful, makes you wanna expect something grand; however, it was a brilliant idea carerlessly executed.

DELICIOUS

-We loved the idea behind this film, a vengeful lover on the quest to destroy a fake pastor. Kunle Remi's shaved head and Toyin Abraham's long locks, hmmm. That was thrilling to see 😃

-Hats off to Lolade Okusanya (playing Sharon, the stripper) and Debbie Shokoya (playing young Asabi). They looked beautiful and were filled with passion. This movie audaciously exposed Sharon in all her stripper elements, while Debbie radiated courage and determination

-Kudos on the casting for picking the right actors to represent the young and older versions like Olumide Oworu & Kunle Remi, Tomiwa Tegbe & Eso Dike, and Debbie Shokoya & Toyin Abraham

BLAND

-The sound effects and score were not intimidating at all, they sounded funky rather than scary; we won't even mention the sound engineering which is always a giant to defeat in Nollywood

-The color grading should have been dark to install a terrifying element, but the images were rather super bright.

The art direction even produced bright costumes and set designs. The room where pastor Jide had meetings with his chiefs was filled with lots of candles which defeated the fear factor

-There was a lack of true purpose for the characters, they just seemed to be there without playing an important role, which resulted in weak acting.

Bimbo Akintola and her league of chiefs were supposed to be dreadful people but we just saw them meeting up and not doing much.

-Forget about the logic in this story: a hacker is able to extract login credentials just by knowing the name of a device??

-That advertisement moment when they talked about the cryptocurrency company and even went as far as to give us the website details and how to access it, we were shocked 🙁

Great movie 👍, I enjoyed every bit of it, and Asabi is so powerful and commands respect and I loved how she go hers. The characters are very good in their rolls, and I enjoyed them all, and especially Asabi, as she was so sexy with all her powers. I can't wait to see further endeavors in the future. I'm sure the next movie will be just as great. They seem to know just who to pick for cast. I'd like to see more of these characters maybe in a follow up and see what happened after the these events. I'd like to see more of Asabi as she's my favorite character, and that handsome preacher, and see what happened after. I look forward to more.

Casting was excellent. Sharon and her "Idi Uganda" killed her role. Kunle Remi played the fake pastor perfectly. The young Asabi (Debbie Shokoya) was a delight to watch, the way she delivered her lines was extraordinary. I love the exhibition of Senior Yoruba Nollywood actors and actresses in the film. Antar Laniyan, Alapini Osa, Madam Saje, Lalude etc. The traditional settings were just pure brilliance.

And yes, there is hardly anything to see in modern Nollywood stories. Most themes have been explored over and over. A jilted lover seeking revenge is particularly well worn. However, the execution of the story by Toyin Abraham (popularly called Iya Bola by my kids) is just brilliant and keep you watching till the end.

The movie streamed multiple times in my home during the Ileya Holiday, everyone simply wanted to see Ijakumo. Kudos to the team, great work.

If you have not seen it, you are missing greatly. This is an A-Film. Thanks to Toyin for such a great work.

I am addicted to this movie and I watch it every day. The cast of this movie was a 100, and the character deliveries were also a 100.

Kunle Remi KR as I fondly call him didn't fail to dissect the character as always and delivered an excellent performance. KR plays any role given to him so well that it's beautiful to watch.

Lolade ogunsanya She is pretty talented and I am amazed by how she played two different characters.

Bimbo Akintola A legend as always and that part where she said "now before your god" omg gave me the chills.

Toyin Abraham She did a pretty good job with the cast the young and old character projection wasn't bad at all.

So much money spent on a story and it's execution just to openly bash the Christian faith and uplift the traditional idolatrous worship of the Ifa god. Christians are painted as gullible and clerics and music ministers are painted as deceivers and hypocrites.

I am Yoruba. The writers need to be properly educated as to what culture means in the 21st century. Culture covers food, clothing, architecture, entertainment, occupation, behavioral beliefs and attitude. Religious beliefs are now largely a personal thing and not necessarily a reflection of culture. YORUBAS ARE NOT IFA WORSHIPPERS as the movie supposes the worship of the idol Ifa is an element of culture that we are proud of.