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Bookmark this pageWelcome II the Terrordome (1994)
Director: Ngozi Onwurah
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
This feature debut is an angry uncompromising take on race relations, guaranteed to put liberals on edge. Set ten or 15 years on in a claustrophobic black ghetto, it's the story of Spike (Nonyela) and his girlfriend Jodie (Burrows). Tensions are already running high - Jodie's pregnant and white - when a black kid is killed in a police raid and his mother goes on a vengeful killing spree. Onwurah's dystopia isn't a comfortable place to be and the film isn't easy to watch. The makers have done wonders with a minuscule budget, creating a stylised but still credible environment hemmed in by metal cages, pierced by strobing searchlights and a bombardment of urgent rap. This is a world which doesn't breathe so much as pant. The acting, however, is variable, and the movie is sometimes both naive and repetitive. Imperfect, then, but also provocative: it never lies down on you.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Ngozi Onwurah
Producer: Simon Onwurah
Cast: Suzette Llewellyn, Saffron Burrows, Brian Bovell, Felix Joseph, Valentine Nonyela, Ben Wynter full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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