Hijack '93
★ · 1/5 · 2024
Watched on November 12, 2026
Starring: Idia Aisien, John Dumelo, Efa Iwara
Director: Robert Peters
Cinematography: Samuel Jonathan
Writer: Musa Jeffery David
Editor: Johan Venter, Harry John
Composers: Gray Jones Ossai
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For a movie about a plane hijacking, this sure was boring. There's an interesting true story here about how far people are willing to go to see a political cause through, but the execution is lazy, and the end result is a very poor movie.
The hijacking scene is rushed and sloppily shot and acted. There's no time spent getting to know the hijackers or the hostages, and therefore we don't care about them. When they have the acting ability of people who were pulled off the street, that doesn't help either. The dialogue also makes it hard to believe that anyone is scared or angry and more like they're reading off of a script. The backstories that are given are brief and pointless since they don't impact your opinion of the hostages in any way whatsoever. I would have preferred to better understand the hijackers.
The standoff with the military is held off until the last second and is then rushed. The long, dreadful build-up to the climax of the film was one of the most disappointing payoffs I've seen in a long time. For an 86-minute movie, this felt a lot longer. I ended up reading into the actual hijacking after the movie and it's fascinating. Can't say the same for Hijack '93.
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