This is not, after all, a film that's narratively sophisticated, and at barely an hour, much of its ancillary plot-i.e. This, however, misses the point of Who Killed Captain Alex.
All out war between the Tiger Mafia and the Ugandan militaryįollows, ending only with Richard captured, and swearing revenge, martial law declared, and the identity of Alex's murderer remaining undiscovered.
On the other side is the Tiger Mafia syndicate, headed by Richard, the film's standout star (Sseruyna Ernest), a volatileĪnd unpredictable figure, whose revenge on the government forces, and attempts to assassinate Alex eventually erupt into violence. U (Bukenya Charles) into the picture as he swears revenge upon his brother's assumed assassins. On one side, the government forces, commanded byĬaptain Alex (Kakule William), whose death halfway through the film at the hands of unknown forces (even Nabwana himself seems uncertain of who exactly killed Alex), introduces his brother, the fearsome martial artist, Bruce The cinema of other cultures into our living rooms.Ĭaptain Alex, in short and simple terms is a film about conflict and revenge. Its ramshackle production style, its charm, its pure joy at the very act of making a film, of tellingĪ story, even one, as the opening titles inform us, that Nabwana never intended to be seen outside his village, is infectious, sublime, this strange, beautiful, funny film a testament to the power of the internet to bring (AKA Nabwana IGG), Who Killed Captain Alex is an explosive, bizarre, joyride of a film. The third film from Ugandan veritable cinematic production line, Wakaliwood Productions, and their chief director, Nabwana Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey These are films scaled to their budgets, to what their film-makersĮssentially had to hand. Subsequent film, Bad Black, featuring much of the same cast as Captain Alex, screen at film festivals around the world.Ībout three films, made for between $7 and $25,000, in relative comfort, where colossal distributors stepped in to do the heavy work of releasing the film. It is one of the greatest stories in cinema, and one that has seen Nabwana compared to Tarantino, create music videos for American metal band and have his It is, without a doubt, one of my favourite films of all time. It is one of the most extraordinary films ever Nation's capital, during a civil uprising, on a camera that its director sold his possessions to buy, edited on a homebuilt computer which eventual damage during a power surge made Who Killed Captain Alex a lost film were it not for a second generation copy featuring a Ugandan comedian (the one and only VJ Emmie) riffing over it.
This, after all, is a war/revenge film made for under $200 (some estimates put it at an astonishingly low $85), with amateur actors, doing their own stunts in the slums of a developing There are few films in the cinematic canon like Who Killed Captain Alex.
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