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Landline movie review: A tricky thriller gone loopy

The mood and tone of the film is well-suited to the genre.The director employs the usual tricks to heighten tension. The visual storytelling captivates with lighting choices that deepen meaning

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Cast: Gabriel Afolayan, Zainab Balogun, Bucci Franklin
Writer/Director: Dele Doherty
Rating: 2.5
Runtime: 103 min

A loopy dramatic psychological thriller, this Nigerian film on Amazon Prime has an unusual premise. A stranded military sergeant staying in a safe house receives eerie calls from an old disconnected landline, telling him that his pregnant wife living alone in their home, will be killed. Every time, he tries to guide his wife through the mobile phone, to save herself from the relentless killer - only to have her die again and again in a nightmarish loop.

The major plot follows Kolapo (Gabriel Afolayan), trapped in a safe house and racing against time to save his wife, Shalewa(Zainab Balogun). We get to know gradually why Kola is in hiding and his wife is being hunted.

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