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93 Days (2016) is a English movie. Steve Gukas has directed this movie. Seun Ajayi,Bimbo Akintola,Zara Udofia Ejoh,Keppy Ekpenyong-Bassey are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2016. 93 Days (2016) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
When Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American collapses upon arrival at the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Lagos, Nigeria. he is taken to Fiest Consultants Hospital, where he is admitted with fever like symptoms. Against his denial of contact with any Ebola victim in Liberia, the team at First Consultants, led by doctor Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, quickly deduce that there is more to his case than malaria. Suddenly they are in a race against time to to contain a very deadly disease from breaking out and spreading in a mega city with a population of over 20 million people and beginning what could be the deadliest disease outbreak the world has ever known.
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93 Days (2016) Reviews
Pandemic Legacy
This movie focuses on the local medical response to the arrival of Ebola in Lagos, Nigeria, and the effort to contain it before it got a terrifying new foothold. Early on, this was in the face of political pressure, since patient zero was a foreign diplomat who demanded to be let out of the hospital. Later on, it was in the face of a justifiably terrified populace and hospital staff, a number of whom became infected. But it is not a complete picture. Nigeria made major efforts on the border to keep Ebola out. Not mentioned. An aide to patient zero was exhibiting symptoms, and left. What happened to him? Not mentioned. If you are interested in the topic, as I am, the movie is worth seeing. But if you judge it solely as a movie, there are a lot of problems with pacing and tone. The soundtrack was poorly mixed, often overwhelming the words being spoken. And while Nigeria and the world owes a lot to these doctors, the movie descends into hagiography. The movie has a nice role for the American actor Danny Glover.
One of Nollywood's Best Movies Thus Far
As a half-Nigerian, I'd grown up with Nollywood movies, and majority of them, with an exception to one alien-themed budget film, were terrible. From the previous decade, Nollywood movies, at least those I saw on local channels and "Africa Magic", are of three varieties: Wrath and fall of backstabbers... with a bit of Missionary help by the climaxes, village-themed, and comedic movies featuring the same two dwarf actors... which includes Osita Iheme. As you might realize, due to the same Nollywood formulas over and over, I really got sick of watching Nigerian movies altogether. But then, "October 1", and this movie, "93 Days", along with trailers for older movies, surprised me, and didn't. I was surprised that Nollywood movies started to feel world-class, to the point of competing with foreign films. On the other hand, I wasn't surprised because I knew we could do it. It even showed on our music industries years back. This movie was well-directed and written to the point that I started sympathizing with the Ebola victims being portrayed. The transition from scene to scene felt world-class and, plot-wise, well-connected and well-referenced. The acting were excellent, even typically West African, from the Liberian patient to the cab driver. I also liked the quick information, in the Washington D.C setting, that Lagos being a major travel hub could put many countries at risk with Ebola. And, unlike the typical Nollywood classics I dreaded so much, which ended in the climax, and offering no resolutions, "93 Days" has a really good resolution. I won't spoil it for anyone, since it's a new movie, but I can say that you must not miss this film. Even get it on Blu-ray or DVD if you must. (Also don't miss the extra scenes, and the photos of the real people the movie portray, in the credits.)
New Pandemic that could happen again!
It's a a brilliant movie and very realistic about what really happened. It's better than the movie Contagion in my book. It really hit close to home for me. It's one of the first serious pandemic in my lifetime. I would really like to purchase this movie on DVD and I've been look in the US but to no avail. Can someone tell me how? Thanks