Ejike Asiegwu, Kate Henshaw, storm movie screening
HELD recently at the Silverbird Galleria, in Victoria Island Lagos, former president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ejike Asiegbu, and screen diva, Kate Henshaw, top the list of celebrities in attendance at the press screening of the movie Assassin’s Practice.
The movie press screening was organised to allow the media and a few selected movie producers to appraise it ahead of the cinema release on February 22, 2013. Assassin’s Practice that stars Nollywood award-winning actress Kate Henshaw as Sandra, also boasts of Nollywood icon, Chief Justus Esiri, upcoming actor David Nnaji, Uche Monye, Daphne Akatugba and British- born actresses Sarah Akokhia and Eve Pearson.
Assassin’s Practice tells the story of a failed stock investor Eviano (Chief Justus Esiri), who hires an assassin (Eve Pearson) to stage his suicide and make it look like a botched robbery so his wife (Kate Henshaw) and daughter (Sarah Akokhia) would live off his life insurance; only to discover that the assassin who is delusional will not spare anyone and he must do everything to undo what he started.
The storyline is short but engaging, with the capacity to keep the viewers glued to the big screen for as long as the movie last. It’s a movie with few cast who delivered their lines with such dexterity and professionalism that would captivate and arrest attention of the viewers in any clime.
The movie, co-produced by Andrew Ukoko and Dele Ajakaiye, is from the stable of Trinity FilmWorks, and was shot in the United Kingdom and Nigeria respectively. It was written and directed by one of the co-producers, Mario Andrew Ukoko, whose directing skills were proven by the fittingly arranged scenarios.
Mario Andrew Ukoko, is a Nigeria-born UK-based director, who had stints with Adamawa Television, Nigeria (Youth Panorama and Kaleidoscope) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Benin (In the Mood). Predominantly writing screenplays, his credits include: 7 Days After, Clash of Altars, The Will and Enough is Enough. In 2000, he co-produced and doubled as an assistant director in the film Infidelity.
He made his directorial debut with the British film, Lust Control, in 2006. He has since directed a short film, FEAR, and written several feature film scripts, some of which are currently in pre-production, such as Reverse Shot and The Last Day. Andrew has a Producer’s Diploma and an Independent Filmmaker’s Certificate from the Hollywood Film Institute.
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