What Took So Long?

"AAAAAALALALA ACTION! AAAAAALALALA ACTION! "

The trailer for Who Killed Captain Alex, described as “Uganda’s first action film” is likely to have you asking "wait, which one is Captain Alex", likely in the same breath as "WTF is going on?".

Uganda’s The Observer, had this gem from the producers:

“When we approached CPS [Uganda's Central Police Station] about the project, we were told that we [film industry] are not yet at that level. They could only provide us with police uniforms,” he says. “But we had asked them to provide us with helicopters, guns, tankers and access to army barracks. So we had to settle for the computer.”

It is understandably easy to acknowledge government’s safety and security concerns given that even trained personnel have had their own issues with guns. Moreover, production happened during the bloody September Buganda riots. Imagine the trouble Nabwama and company would be in, had they been issued with real guns!

The film features Gpuffs, Kakule William, Kabanda and Richard Ssebunya, not surprisingly unknown around the world - and in Uganda. Hard to believe that it only cost about $8 million...oh, sorry - that's approximately $3500 converted into U.S. dollars. A sequel is on the way according to Ramon Film Productions, and will have "ghetto president Bobi Wine". Yes, it will be hard to wait that long...