Netflix first Nigeria original series Blood sisters- Review

Do you remember  that chill feeling and goosebumps you get after watching a thrilling breathtaking movie series, of caude you remembered, well ,yah that was what the Netflix original  series Blood sisters did to me .

Blood sisters, is thrilling limited series of 4 episodes which dropped on Netflix on May 5, 2022, and it was so a wonderful story  that it was so good that,that i barely see any but in it but the way it ended, me no like am but them they tried.

Blood sisters was full of suspense-,intrigue, unpredictable and told an excellent story in a very enjoyable experience. I would say it the one of the most interesting Nollywood release so far. Twist upon twist, at some point i literally had to pause at intervals to take in the different emotions and goosebumps it threw at me.

We also loved that it had genuinely funny scenes and conversations that weren’t forced.

The four-part series was created by Temidayo Makanjuola and directed by Biyi Bandele and Kenneth Gyang.

Blood Sisters follows the lives of best friends, Sarah (Ini Dima-Okojie), and Kemi (Nancy Isime) who become fugitives after Sarah’s abusive fiancé, Kola (Deyemi Okanlawon) disappears mysteriously just before the wedding ceremony.

It features top movie stars including Ramsey Nouah, Kate Henshaw, Segun Arinze, Uche Jombo, Keppy Ekpeyong, Etim Effiong, Wale Ojo, Toke Makinwa, Ibrahim Suleiman and Nancy Isime, Ini Dima-Okojie, and Deyemi Okanlawon.

Some top actors like Zack Orji, Toyin Abraham, and Joke Silva also made cameo appearances.

Plot-wise, and I’ll keep this deliberately vague, Sarah (Ini Dima-Okojie) and Kemi (Nancy Isime) are two best friends on the run after the mysterious disappearance of Sarah’s powerful pharmaceutical CEO fiancé Kola (Deyemi Okanlawon). Between the law, Kola’s wealthy family, and some other interested parties, Sarah and Kemi are pursued on all sides as they descend deeper into the seedy underside of Lagos and begin to lose more and more of themselves as they go.

There’s nothing especially complicated here, but Blood Sisters does a decent job of sketching quite a dense network of characters whose relationships – familial, platonic, romantic – seem to have developed organically out of this close-knit community. The earliest moments, which bring together families of wildly different socioeconomic statuses, straddle the line between comedy and horror as we find ourselves laughing at an impromptu dinner speech one moment and wincing at domestic abuse the next. The idea is to create, immediately and vividly, a tapestry of perspectives and personalities that all begin to inform the ensuing mystery.

This isn’t a whodunit, though. We know who’s responsible for the plot’s inciting incident since we witness it and are swept along in its aftermath. But the mystery is all about where the characters will end up, and whose conspiring will put them on top. Combine that with non-stop pacing, even in the two middle episodes that get a decent amount of mileage out of the core characters, and you have a show that’s easy to keep watching until the end, especially once the expositional stuff is out of the way.

Again, I could quibble. Some characters seem overtly villainous in a way that seems almost inhuman, and the acting isn’t always consistent. Much of it, though, is pretty solid, and without too much in the way of flashbacks or other structural or stylistic flourishes, the whole thing manages to pick up a great deal of momentum heading into the finale. It might not linger in the memory for too long, but it’s an enjoyable, compelling experience while it lasts.

As highly expected of Ebony Life Films, the production was great, with beautiful costumes, and very good actors; all the characters owned and embodied the roles including the breakout star, Genoveva Umeh who played Timeyin, Gurl was fire, especially in the last scene.

The blood sisters, Nancy Isime and Ini Dima-Okojie made it easy for the viewers to feel their bond, their pain and the few moments of joy they had; get ready to shed some tears if you are an emotional movie viewer like us.

And the supervillain we didn’t see coming, Kate Henshaw, words aren’t enough! Ps, we don’t know if it’s just us but it felt awkward having a mother kiss her son on the lips and she did it twice before the engagement ceremony.

Worthy of mention as well is the crazy duo, Kehinde Bankole and Gabriel Afolayan; at first, we felt their chemistry wasn’t it but as the story progressed, one couldn’t help but love them for their craziness.

What about Ramsey Nouah, the handsome and straight-faced Uncle B, who will draw you in with his facial expression, hitman bodyguard vibes and impeccable acting for the first few hours without a word.

In Blood Sisters, attention was paid to every detail, there was no drag or unnecessary scenes, and it wasn’t star-studded for nothing!

Mo Abudu truly outdid herself this time and has won us back after breaking our hearts with Chief Daddy 2 earlier this year.

For this  movie we forgive her

Thompsonsmart's blog rate the movie 80/100%☆☆☆☆