Akilla s Escape Review: Past and Present Converge in Moody but Murky Toronto-Set Crime Drama Akilla s Escape Review: Past and Present Converge in Moody but Murky Toronto-Set Crime Drama
Toronto s Jamaican community lends a vibrant sociocultural backdrop to Charles Officer s timeline-hopping thriller, but a dour, convoluted script weighs it down.
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Director: Charles Officer
With: Saul Williams, Thamela Mpumlwana, Donisha Prendergast, Vic Mensa, Bruce Ramsay, Shomari Downey, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Olunike Adeliyi, Theresa Tova.
Running time: Running time: 90 MIN.
1996-98 AccuSoft Inc., All right
The weathered, storied face of rapper-actor Saul Williams does the heaviest lifting in “Akilla’s Escape,” an exceedingly solemn crime drama from Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer that benefits from every ounce of his natural gravitas. As a Toronto drug trader facing the ugly roots of his underworld life in the wake of a botched deal, Will