27 Guns (2019 film)
For over 2 and a half Hours,
this movie educates about Uganda's Political History specifically a rebel army
that started with 27 guns plus 41 men and changed a nation for decades. I
always believed that one day a movie would be made about M7, but did not
imagine that it would happen in his regime. Anyway, it was a great
representation of the real life hero created by his own daughter Natasha
Karugire. I was happy to see two of my 2008 Maisha Filmlab colleagues feature
in this masterpiece alongside many other Ugandan stars I could also recognise including Patrick Kwezi who hosts Cinema Blitz on TV and radio. The actor for Caleb (Salim Saleh), M7's half-brother is so fearless and carefree, almost invincible and larger than war.
When a worried Janet (played by her reallife daughter Diana Museveni Kamuntu) cried in her car
because her family hiding in Kenya was now a target, I almost shedded tears
too. It reminded me of Patience Rwabwogo’s Tears while she gave a sermon about
how GOD had blessed her father’s family with a high place in UG. The cars were
so 1980s which was perfect while Hoima Road looked as recent as June 2019 tarmac-work and road fences or road furniture, but it's just a movie. The film had so
many different bush scenes which is also amazing. Gunshot scenes faded abruptly even
when I expected them to continue, but it's all good; fantastic casting of
freedom fighter characters. The actor for Muammar Gaddafi also sizzled with
his Arabic, I did not know he supplied an arsenal to the National Resistance
Movement (NRA). Of all the action, I think the final part looks the Most
Realistic, almost like reallife footage. Overall, the movie was well acted. I
was waiting to hear either the name Besigye or Byanyima mentioned somewhere,
but even if I never heard it, at least there was a doctor. Every movie has it
own plot and angles even if based on reality. By the time Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni swore in as President in 1986, I was only 2 years old; this movie
taught me a lot about his armed struggle in the first half of the 80s...
For over 2 and a half Hours,
this movie educates about Uganda's Political History specifically a rebel army
that started with 27 guns plus 41 men and changed a nation for decades. I
always believed that one day a movie would be made about M7, but did not
imagine that it would happen in his regime. Anyway, it was a great
representation of the real life hero created by his own daughter Natasha
Karugire. I was happy to see two of my 2008 Maisha Filmlab colleagues feature
in this masterpiece alongside many other Ugandan stars I could also recognise including Patrick Kwezi who hosts Cinema Blitz on TV and radio. The actor for Caleb (Salim Saleh), M7's half-brother is so fearless and carefree, almost invincible and larger than war.
When a worried Janet (played by her reallife daughter Diana Museveni Kamuntu) cried in her car
because her family hiding in Kenya was now a target, I almost shedded tears
too. It reminded me of Patience Rwabwogo’s Tears while she gave a sermon about
how GOD had blessed her father’s family with a high place in UG. The cars were
so 1980s which was perfect while Hoima Road looked as recent as June 2019 tarmac-work and road fences or road furniture, but it's just a movie. The film had so
many different bush scenes which is also amazing. Gunshot scenes faded abruptly even
when I expected them to continue, but it's all good; fantastic casting of
freedom fighter characters. The actor for Muammar Gaddafi also sizzled with
his Arabic, I did not know he supplied an arsenal to the National Resistance
Movement (NRA). Of all the action, I think the final part looks the Most
Realistic, almost like reallife footage. Overall, the movie was well acted. I
was waiting to hear either the name Besigye or Byanyima mentioned somewhere,
but even if I never heard it, at least there was a doctor. Every movie has it
own plot and angles even if based on reality. By the time Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni swore in as President in 1986, I was only 2 years old; this movie
taught me a lot about his armed struggle in the first half of the 80s...
