I'm surprised that some viewers are rating this movie 10. Apart from the production values, there's nothing else about the movie. The plot which is basically about a struggling transportation company called Lionheart that is facing a hostile takeover, is boring and weak. Obviously, the writers didn't do enough research about the corporate world. First, the patriarch of the company borrows 750m from a consortium of banks and the board doesn't know about it. That's impossible when each bank would have demanded for a board resolution from the company authorizing the loan request or acceptance. Even assuming on the point of disbelief that the CEO presented a board resolution without the knowledge of the board, such a big loan can never be kept secret in the corporate board.
Then the external auditors to the Lionheart company gives the company an ultimatum to pay the loan within 30 days or they will take over the bank! What? External auditors are the ones that are supposed to assist the company to stand on their feet and not to help the banks destroy the company.
The plot was boring, the script empty and the dialogue was third rate. All the actors with the arguable exception of Nkem Owoh were sleepwalking. Genevieve Nnaji's thespian skills have always been mediocre and this movie made sure of that. Such an overrated actress. Peter Edochie as usual plays the elder chief or patriarch. Kanayo O. Kanayo is in his typecast role of the villain, in this case, swapping evil charms with a corporate takeover. Onyeka Onwenu, an excellent actress, was sadly underused.
I struggled to keep awake to watch this film. I hope Genevieve who produced and directed this film, doesn't put me through another torture again.
Review of Lionheart
