2014 · thriller · drama · nigerian
October 1
Directed by Kunle Afolayan2h 28m2014
September 1960. As Nigeria prepares for independence from the British, a seasoned police detective rushes to find the serial killer slaughtering its native young women.
Our read: October 1 (2014) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · drama · nigerian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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