God Calling is a faith-based drama about a well-off young lady, Sade, who lives in Lagos with her husband and daughter. Like everyone else around her she has her problems but she also has her blessings. Unlike those around her though, she doesn’t share this belief in “God” and/or “Christianity”. She believes that church and the concept of it is just an elaborate ploy by some to scheme money off of others. All this is true until God begins to call her. Her previously ‘perfect’ life slowly begins to crumble around her after an incident, and she is faced with the question of answering or ignoring God’s call.
It is quite a sight to see how much nollywood has grown in faith-based story-telling over the years. Many attribute religious movies with a constant message knocking over your head of “hell is real” and “give your life to Christ today”. God Calling is not much different from that. Being faith-based, it is still very preachy in some parts. It’s a story about a family unit that evolves many times through its 120 minute runtime into different stories without ever skipping a beat or seeming overly obvious.
The Cast
We cannot talk about the storytelling without mentioning the tools that bring it to fruition. Starting from Zainab’s character it was raw and Karibi’s character was strong and even though his character evolved through the story he maintained the essence of it and bringing that across the screen is no small feat. From Onyeka Onwenu to RMD to Osuofia and Tina Mba and even the beautiful young lady who plays the daughter (Diana Egwuatu), the supporting cast of this movie there were no distractions from actors whose skills are still buffering. Each actor brought the required intensity and executed appropriately
This film had some of the best CGI we’ve seen from a Nollywood movie ever and much improved from the director’s previous work in “Banana Island Ghost”. It was far from seamless, especially the fire scene and the background for that final scene, but neither was it glaring or difficult to watch. All in all, if dramas are your thing then God might be calling you to watch God Calling.