FILM REVIEW: SISTERS AT WAR (2014)

Property to be inherited solely put in the hands of the elderly sister to manage was enough to spark anger, hatred, revenge, bloodbath that brought the daggers falling on all fronts.

Following the death of Mr Ampah (Abeiku Seigoe) his will was read out, leaving all his estate and business empire for managing in the care of his elder daughter Michelle (Jackie Appiah.)

The decision didn’t sit well with the younger sister Ayah (Shaznay Okawa) who set out to hatch a series of schemes and conspiracies to become the sole inheritor. But Michelle being the elderly sister was too a master at the games of schemes and plots.

In the shadows lurks Dessler (Yvonne Nelson) the trusted secretary of the late Mr. Ampah, her blood was swollen with revenge for the past wrong done to her father by the late Mr. Ampah. She aimed at beating Michelle and Ayah at their games to take over the business empire of Mr. Ampah.

The plot has been set for a big show down between the sisters. In this battle of who gets to the top, the guys and boyfriends were no match for the sisters. They were just murdered like rats; used as baits; some shot, others poisoned.

Just when you thought all cards are on the table, another twist to saga pops up. The plot thickens at every turn of event; greed, revenge, hatred, turf war, the use of company power, influence and shares control to exert authority sweeps through this film.

As the story unfolds, it was Ayah, Michelle and Dessler, left standing. Hit men were unleashed to finish Dessler so was Michelle whiles Ayah continues in her crimes of poisoning.

In the end, there was a split in the shares of the business empire, but I leave you to guess between who and who.

If there happens to be Sisters at War Book III, perhaps the ultimate sister will emerge.  The location and scenery in the film was a spectacle, coming from Venus films you couldn’t ask for more.

Dialogue in the film, I hate to say on point, but I guess it was.

Ayah should have been named Ivy as the way she went on poisoning foes in the film. Had she been named Ivy, she would have been made to exclaim to herself “I am not called Ivy for nothing, I am Ivy Poison.”

Ayah was busted, but it wasn’t so dramatic as compared to her crimes. It was by accident not as a result of anybody’s’ planning or scheming.

You chance on the guy, cut for jokes, Bismark, he was at it again. 

Michelle’s character; she was too intelligent. She should have been made to appear dump and stupid to her sisters and spectators. But in the end show her true colours of intelligence, schemes and plots.

Am done, bye! Bye!