All is Fair in Love and the Love Triangle

 

Few years ago, while I watched the interview Korede Bello granted the celebrated duo of Kenny Ogungbe (Keke) and Dayo Adeneye (D1), he interjected at a point to ask how the bond of their friendship had remained firm. Dayo D1 answered and said his father told them while growing up that two things could break it: money and women. So to forestall that, they made sure money was equally shared at all times and they never shared or loved the same woman. More like the bro code thing you would say, hun?

"All is Fair in Love" a so far the highest grossing movie of 2024-- that was directed by kayode kasum and co-produced by Glory Obichukwu, Esse Akwawa and Deyemi Okanlawon who also stared in it--is a replica of this reality. The reality of love triangle, ephemeral desires, deceit, greed and the bonds of genuine friendship. Of all of these realities, the complexities of love triangle immersed in secrecy orchestrated by Mbali (Bhule Samuel) a South African mercenary for Chief takes the centre stage to shake the verities of the friendship of Kanla (Timini Egbuson) and Demi (Deyemi) while they try to take their business international. The little twist here is that the love triangle isn't the usual. For the usual, its either A loves B but not C or vice versa.

Though Mbali is a mercenary and though both kanla and Demi are usually with women of sorts, the plot at a juncture puts in our faces how we will somewhere in our paths, mostly accidentally, snap out of the euphoria of the now or moments we live in and those moments are moments we never ever thought we could have.

The role of Chief in the movie also xrays the depth of wickedness and greed in mortals who love to play God over the affairs of others. She portarys a crime lord who specialises in money laundering and not just that, she stealthily buys a percent of their business(es) before brazenly coercing them into selling her controlling shares that always leads to eventual takeovers. It's the same greed and desperation that lead to her eventual arrest. You remember hubris?

 

Of course every work of art has their own strengths and weaknesses but since we chose to dwell on the social relevance alone, we think our job is done here. Adieu!