MOVIE REVIEW: “The Bond” Produced By Vision Carriers

Reviewed By Ajibare Abioye

Hey folks! You’re welcome to the review of The Bond, YouTube-released on February 9, 2022. Without mincing words, I’ll describe The Bond as a filmmaker’s delight. It’s been a while that I’ve seen a gospel movie so well-evenly paced, making for a smooth viewing. Everything was well done in its production and this is fast becoming a trademark of films from the Vision Carriers, after the release of the wonderful Laide’s Note in 2019. You can check out its review here:

 

I can’t remember watching a gospel feature movie in recent times with so much dynamism in its cinematography as this one. Its scenes make use of pans, zooms and tilts to help keep the story moving, making it a real mo-vie. The Bond exemplified that you don’t always need an aerial view as an establishment shot. There was also this wipe transition that made use of a lady walking; something like that shows that the filmmakers are conscious of the need to utilise elements that spice up a movie from time to time.

The acting in The Bond is brilliant, and the characterization is just so beautiful. The protagonist is arguably the group and not just one individual. It gives every major character enough screen time for us to see and understand their plight, and that’s not an easy task to accomplish. The dialogue was down-to-earth and the sound design was well done. I like it when a movie makes use of the power of a montage and The Bond does it brilliantly.

I’m an English Language instructor, and while marking some essays, I would need to keep my red pen perpetually over them because there would be one error or the other to correct, but for some others, I can simply sit back and enjoy what I’m reading with only occasional corrections. The Bond is like the latter that just flows from beginning to end. I kept wondering to myself, ‘Who wrote this beautiful story; who directed this movie?’ Then, the end credits came up: Chioma Chukwulotam directed this work of art and Goodness Adegbola, the teenage Martins in the Abattoir series, wrote it for the screen. I was wowed, but not long after, on my first viewing of the movie, I asked myself what ‘the bond’ then meant. I always watch movies to the very end of the credits, and voila! The verse from which this title was gotten stylishly aligned with the title! Then I understood the movie better and felt blessed the more.

I could wax lyrical on and on about this movie; really, it’s a very good one. It gets its message across with just the right quantity of exposition, which was just perfect. It also treats a variety of relevant themes, especially in a Christian setting – challenges youths go through, self-esteem issues, leadership, hypocrisy, religion, tears behind the altar, the power of prayer, victory by God’s Word, and love and unity as the language that really matters. The Bond is an amazing movie that I would recommend for your viewing pleasure and blessedness.

Alright, we’ve come to the end of the review of The Bond. Is it just me or this movie is as I’ve made it out to be? Please let me know in the comments section below.

The link to the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmSGu9shGPQ