Movie Review: A Night in 2005 (2024)

Hello hivers! I am happy to be back here with you. I just finished watching this emotional thriller movie and I thought I really have to share my thoughts about it. It's a Nollywood movie that speaks about the emotional trauma of a girl child raped by her friend's boyfriend on the prom night of their high school graduation. It shows pain, family betrayal, friendship, selfishness, political greed, corruption of leaders and unconditional love.

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A Night in 2005 was produced last year 2024 starring Ini Dima-Okojie as Ife, Efa Iwara as Ope Dada, Teniola Aladese as Ari, Uzoamaka Aniunoh as Kelechi and Taiye Arimoro as Paul as the five main characters of the movie. The storyline of the movie is something every teenager especially the female gender should learn from because it shows the regrets of a single night that changed the story of the entire life of a girl child. The actors really did so well acting out their roles and I love love it.

THE PLOT

The movie started with the scene of a beautiful young teenage girl called Ife, dressing happily for a prom night on the day of her graduation from high school, after her makeover, looking beautifully dressed up, she dashed out of the room excited to bid her mum farewell, who warned her not to drink and be careful in playing around during the party, she acknowledged her mum's advice and she left for the party.

At the party at the Dada family mansion at Ikoyi, Ari, Ife's female friend was so excited to see her, she hugged Ife happily and gave her a shot to drink while they were still gisting, Ari's boyfriend Ope Dada came around from nowhere and hugged Ari then he announced a game called "Truth or Dare" for everyone to participate in it, then in the game, the bottle rolled to Ife and she she was asked to kiss Ope her friend's boyfriend but she refused and she was given two shots to drink instead, shortly after the game ended and everyone started to dance and drink but because Ope was an introvert and that was her first time going for any party, she couldn't sustain the alcohol she had taken and she started feeling dizzy, so she left the house where the party was going on to sit at a place in the compound to receive fresh air, she was still there when Ope left Ari dancing and came to meet her outside, teased her a little and forcefully had sex with her there and then.

However, fifteen years later Ife who had gone outside the country to study after high school, has graduated and now doing fine but she still was not able to get over the trauma of being raped even when everyone has now become an adult and she was engaged to a loving fiance called Paul, she still was tied to the trauma.

Things got worse when she came back to Nigeria to plan her wedding but got to know that the man Ope Dada who caused her so much pain while growing up is now running for a political position in power as one of the gubernatorial candidate, she heard him preach justice, honesty and accountability. She was so furious and emotionally pained, unable to express her rape story to her fiancé she asked for more time before the wedding, thinking for how she can get justice for herself for what happened fifteen years ago.

Unknown to her, after the rape incident,her mum was brided with a huge amount of money by the Dada's family in order for her to keep her mouth shut on the scandal caused by their son Ope so that they can maintain power in the society because the Dada's are very influential. However, Ife's mum out of greed accepted the money and sent Ife to a rehabilitation school abroad in order for her to get over the trauma while she used the money to live in luxury. So whenever she brought up the issue on the rape and Ope running for a post in power, she was always shut down by her mum who tells her to forget about it and focus on her wedding and her future but here Ife was still entangled with the trauma.

Ope Dada was a very selfish guy from an influential family and he is now married to Kelechi, who he married for her father's money even though that was unknown to her too, she thinks Ope loved her🥲 but Ope even though he was married still sleeps with Ari, his girlfriend from highschool who loved him foolishly even when he didn't marry her. What a world 🥹

Ari has a growing business supported by Ope financially and she had a planned launching of her products, this launching was a very big breakthrough for her so she invited all her friends and family including Ope and Ife. At the launch party, Ope came with his wife Kelechi and they met Ife who hasn't seen him after the rape incident at prom night fifteen years ago, she tried keeping her cool not until Ope was called upon to speak and he started preaching justice, honesty and accountability, Ife astonishingly went to Ari at the front before the stage to tell her that Ope raped her on prom night with a loud voice, she boldly accuse Ope in front of everyone and this disrupted the event. People did video of what was happening, Kelechi was dumbfounded but Ope accused her of lying and called a psychiatric patient, he said he will file a scandal against her while he excused himself from the stage.
Angrily, Ife drove off to a place to have a live recording explaining how she was raped by Ope Dada and how long it has affected her psychologically. Before everyone could say Jack, the video went viral online with different comments from people with their different thoughts. This began a war between Ope Dada and Ife, the Dada's family who could do anything to protect their name when to the length of calling her a liar and a psychiatric patient going online to show her medical reports and even made an attempt to kill her. Ife was down and depressed but Kelechi after she finally knew why she was married to and the kind of person Ope is, she planned with Ife and Ari on how to bring Ope down and the plan finally succeeded when they were able to get Ope to confess on a live recording and he lost the election in power too while Ife lived away from her greedy mum to find her life together with Paul who stood with her between thick and thin.

REVIEW AND RATINGS

I will sincerely commend the actors of this movie for a job well done, the display of emotions and greed was really mind blowing. The storyline and where the movie finally ended is applaudable, I love the way justice prevailed at the end and Ope Dada was brought down for playing with the heart and emotions of women with the help of his family.

I will recommend this movie to everyone and I will be rating this movie 8 out of 10.
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