Chiwetel Ejiofor's second directorial effort is an intense, real-life drama that manages to be a consistent film, but at times becomes overly pretentious.
With a conventional look by Chiwetel Ejiofor, both in its direction and in its script, we are faced with a film that keeps you totally connected to it, precisely because of the director's cleverness in using all the safe elements that enhance this drama and make it feel intense and moving, capturing a full life of its protagonist that invites us to feel part of a journey destined to give us a hard final blow.
In the acting department, an efficient Jay Will elegantly carries off his powerful lead performance, delivering sincerity in his character loaded with a portrait of a frustrated life and the places that bind it, which is amazingly complemented by a good supporting cast where Chiwetel Ejiofor once again demonstrates what a great actor he is.
I am left with the feeling of being in front of a fairly entertaining film, never too heavy, that invites us to follow Peace's life beyond a life full of complications that offers an authentic portrait of a person destined to fight against the constraints of a place, of moments, of decisions and of a complex life from the beginning.
A conventional, well-made drama, which has its high points and its low points, but which in its final sum ends up leaving the viewer with more sweet than bitter feelings.
