Charles Officer’s flashy feature reflects on violence handed down the generations but has too much faith in fatigued beats from the gangster-film locker
Akilla’s Escape is undone by its own lack of faith in the viewer, opting to explicitly tell rather than rely on its fine actors to show us who their characters are.
“Akilla’s Escape” Not Rated. On Digital Platforms. Grade: B+ From Jamaican-Canadian writer-director Charles Officer comes a unique film noir that appears to take some of its story cues from his own life. The Akilla in “Akilla’s Escape” is a variation of the name of Achilles, the ancient Greek hero. In the film, Akilla (Saul Williams, […]