John and John (2017)
- Directed by
- Kofi Asamoah
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- Ghana
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two friends who share the same first name get caught up in a tense situation. This Ghanaian thriller follows their story as events unfold.
low-budgetplot-drivenunsettlingsuspensefulfamiliardirectserious
What happens
John and John is a Ghanaian movie about two friends who are both called John. Of interest, the film is a wholesale, unauthorized remake of a South African film called Skeem which was written and directed by Tim Greene in 2011. In 2017, Ghanaian journalists reached out to Greene to check Asamoah's claim that he had received permission to adapt the movie, which he had not. Asamoah agreed to purchase the remake rights, but never followed through. No legal action was taken, as the cost of pursuing an intellectual property case against Asamoah would not be cost effective. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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