2010 Directed by Nabwana I.G.G.
Recognized as Uganda’s first action film, Who Killed Captain Alex? is about the aftermath of a police raid in Kampala in which a police captain (Alex) and a drug racketeer’s brother are killed. Both sides seek revenge, escalating into war.
Absolutely amazing. The DIY production, the gleeful violence, the feverish "Video Joker" emcee narration, they all mark this (at least to my questionable mind) as pure, completely guileless exploitation cinema. This is the work of people excited to see themselves on screen, an unmediated product of their own self-image. Outsiders and smarter people than myself can dissect it as ethnography, and they should, but above all it just wants to be "Uganda's First Action Movie", and it's great.
Citizen Kane, The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption, Back to the Future, Goodfellas, Schindler's List, Vertigo, 2001: A Space Odyssey...
and now, Who Killed Captain Alex.
Objectively, the film is complete garbage.
But if you look at the circumstances under which this film was made and consider why it was created at all...
...it's a FRICKING MASTERPIECE, NO DEBATE.
This movie had revolutionary visual effects as well as the best cliff hanger a movie could end on, who DID kill Captain Alex?
In a word: chaos. In a few more words: the most gleeful, free-spirited chaos, a labour of love, an enigmatic pastiche, an expression of joy, the art of cinema in its most innocent of forms. This is an absolute gem, not for any real cinematic or technical quality; it just is.
“GWA GWA GWA GWA GWAE
GWA GWA GWA GWA GWA GWAE.”
“JESUS KUNG FU!!”
“Dinosaurs...”
“Ugandan Bruce Lee...we call him Bruce U...”
“Everybody in Uganda knows Kung fu!!!”
Can I just say this movie is the textbook definition of having a fun time while making a movie? It’s awesome. The question everyone wants to know is, is this movie actually good? Well, yes, it actually is. At the heart of filmmaking the one element that’s often lacking is just having fun with it. For example, Chris Hemsworth (while filming Thor 2 The Dark World) has gone on record saying it was not an enjoyable experience. Another example, Alan Ritchison said in an interview he had a horrible time filming the…
You either give this movie an ironic 5 stars, or an unironic 5 stars. There is no in between
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