MOVIE REVIEW:THE TRAIN

THE TRAIN.

It's amazing to know your parents history and be able to retell it ... 

THE TRAIN is a movie based on the true life story of Mike Bamiloye ;founder mount Zion faith ministries,written and produced by Damilola Mike-Bamiloye (his son), directed by Yemi Adepoju and  Isaac Femi-Akintunde, with a crew and cast of about 300 people, premiered on the 3rd of March 2020.

This is by far the most captivating, edge sitting, down to earth Christian movie I've watched in a while. It is totally worth your time, everything was portrayed clearly with a strong semblance to reality (e no go do you like say na act them they act🤗). This movie will let you in on who "Mike" is but beyond that it will strengthen your faith,challenge you,re-energise you,and push you back to God the author and perfecter of our faith.

Mike lost his mother at the tender age of 4 and his elder sister who was saddled with the responsibility of his care had to decide on various means to do that, we see his childhood down to his everyday activities, his growing up ,how he met his wife, and  the start of the ministry and its evolution.

This movie was a roller coaster of emotions for me.

I was at first perplexed, more like how can a boy be this stubborn and unrepentant with all the beatings, cajoling and tears (very interesting twist)? 

Then I felt pity; that moment when you feel the pains the character is going through as though it were you, it was not without a sense of humour "brother Mike double double " his facial expression was everything 😂😂😂(you will understand when you watch it ). 

Most importantly I was challenged, guys how can someone be completely obedient and submissive to God in such a manner? some will never understand  that  is why oga lecturer will exclaim in bewilderment "only an illiterate father will ask that of his son ..." such passion! see when the brethren were praying during the 15 minutes ministration, with sweat running down their faces, ahan!

   Alaba begging  "mummy" by far is my best scene, the conviction in her speech will stay with me, challenging me for a long time. Guys I replayed and replayed it.(goan watch  it)

  Worthy of note: the locations!!! They were just on point you could feel yourself being carried back in time to the 1900's, it was complete with the costumes, hairstyles and money.

 The Directing, editing, cinematography, sound functions all beautifully done,the idea of the theme song while the credits was rolling and pictures kept me entranced till the (c)2020😊.(as per the end of the end)

 The fact that Damilola wrote this screenplay is a challenge that we children should know our parents roots ,very important.

Translating the Yoruba language to English subtitle, must have been hard work, but it was handled very well, as a non-Yoruba speaker I flowed without questioning what kind of English I was reading .

To conclude (abi I should just keep writing 😂😁) I leave you with these words, when you see the glory, know that someone paid the price of  looking up to Jesus, enduring the pain and scorning  the shame, there are no two ways about it.

Go and watch the train.

P.s I would really love that you comment with lessons you learnt from the movie, it will surely bless another reader.

God bless you.