Dark October Boys Will Always Have Viewers’ Hearts For Their Roles
The movie Dark October has no awards or recognitions as is currently known, it, however, won the hearts of viewers – in a strange way.
Dark October on Netflix
Most people will call it good acting talent, but it is not wrong to see it as grace. The boys who were cast to play the roles of the ALUU 4, Chuks Joseph, Munachi Okpara, Kem-Ajieh Ikechukwu and Oriaku Kelechukwu James in Dark October had that.
For a quick recap of the real events of Dark October, the lynching of the ALUU 4 is one of the most horrific ever heard in Nigeria and it should probably be made into a horror Nigerian movie instead.
It was 2012, and jungle justice was still a tool for vigilantes to secure their neighbourhoods.
Amid the revenge adventure of the ALUU community against thieves, its vigilantes had the ALUU 4 in their grip.
But no one saw this kind of justice coming for students of a community that should be protecting them. The ALUU 4 lynching is unforgivable, it was an eyesore, a disdain for humanity.
The mystery about the ALUU boys incident is that all four of these boys were the first sons of their parents.
The Story of the ALUU 4 on Netflix
Now in 2023, Netflix has on its platform a film about the four boys of ALUU.
The actors in the lead roles are not the most popular ones, however, each of them had their roles like professionals.
For this, their roles in Dark October will always be the most iconic and most talked about in their film careers.
Tizzy and Big L dominated the screen and created unavoidable characters.
Tamunor and Chiboy are the Dark October characters with little to say or do but always agree with what Big L and Tizzy have to say.
Each character evoked a strong personality.
Notwithstanding the objection from the one survivor in the room where they had the conversation about the attack, the boys went ahead with their decision.
The raid scene was wrapped in shame waiting for the 4 characters. Had the ALUU 4 been left to live, that is one action they would not have been able to take back anyway. They died for it.
Just like the ALUU 4, the characters were treated with no regard and this clearly gratifies the crowd as they take out their phones to make videos of the incident.
This makes the real event and the scene from the movie Dark October so memorable for the audience.
The debtor plays a driving force in this narrative adding deep complexity to what the ALUU community was facing with thieves and what their justification was.
As friends and occasional roommates, the group is known for their ambitious nature and commitment to becoming something in life. The characters were confident and hopeful about life.
They may not be much, but the knowledge they had of their different aspirations knows no limits.
The characters further commit to having a barbaric murder onscreen.
The ALUU boys lynching is one that’s widely talked about making it a significant reason why the roles of the boys are so iconic.
The Netflix movie did not shy away from graphic content and the murder scene of the boys was close to the original.
The role is presumably a hard one, especially for anyone who saw the video of the ALUU 4 in 2012. It is an uncomfortable scene to watch or be in, yet the actors accepted to do it.
The characters are marched through the streets, dragged through the mud, clothes ripped, covered in blood and objects thrown at them. The only thing missing at the time for the ALUU 4 and the characters who play them, is the crown of thorns.
After the torture, their suffering continues and the death of the four characters follows instantly – by burning.
Then, a zombified crowd will watch as the vigilante and mob place car tyres around their necks and pour gasoline over them to complete the murder.
Everything they did to the ALUU 4 boys is put on screen through Tizzy, Big L, Tamunor and Chiboy.
In recent culture jungle justice as well as people making videos of horrifying events without trying to stop it as was the case with the ALUU boys is being parodied.
The boys took on the role, with grace and fervour, proving they each have the acting ability to produce iconic characters in Nollywood.
Each of the boys had a range. As upcoming actors, they explored the complex experiences of the ALUU boys like being students of the University of Port Harcourt, music aspirants in an impossible world and finding themselves.
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