Last Flight to Abuja (Nigeria: 2012)

Director

Obi Emelonye

Cast list

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde as Suzie
Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Adesola
Jim Iyke as David
Anthony Monjaro as Aircraft Captain
Uru Eke as Air Hostess
Tila Ben as Passenger
Jide Kosoko as Chief Nike
Celine Loader as Captain Seye
Ali Nuhu as Dan
Uche Odoputa as Efe
Jennifer Oguzie as Yolanda
Joe Shamel as Sports Agent

Credits

 Producer: Amasike Emelonye
Writing Credits: Obi Emelonye

Synopsis

Based on true events. A set of everyday Nigerian travelers board the last Flamingo Airways flight scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja on a fateful Friday night in 2006. The plane cruises at 19,000 feet, tranquil and on schedule. A turn of fate occurs for our characters through a mixture of human error, technical failure and sheer bad luck, the plane rapidly develops major difficulties that puts it teetering on the brink of disaster. As the pilots fight with the controls of the airplane, a series of flashbacks unravel the twists, turns and leaps of fate that put each passenger on the fateful flight. Young lovers, an elderly couple, a corporate party, a sportsman on the threshold of greatness; all the passengers are caught up in the nightmare scenario and sense the final moments of their lives approaching. All except one. What does he know? Will they survive the last flight to Abuja?

Reviews

“Refreshingly Different”, 360 moviereview.com
“A film which captured a nation's hope for better cinema”, luke_corradine
“Film Review: Last Flight to Abuja”, Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo
Movie Review - Last Flight to Abuja”, Myne Whitman
Movie Review: Last Flight to Abuja”, Olamide Jasanya,
Last Flight To Abuja”, Nollywood REinvented
“Film Review: The Last Flight To Abuja: May Day!”, TJ O'Karo ,
“Obi Emelonye's Hit Nollywood Disaster Flick 'Last Flight To Abuja' Now On VOD In The USA”, TAMBAY A. OBENSON
“Last Flight to Abuja emerges best box office hit of 2012”, Bigsam Media,
“Review: Last flight To Abuja”, MoviePencil
“Last Flight To Abuja – Movie Review”

Academic Article: 

“NEWS INTERNATIONALES: Afrique. (French).” Cahiers Du Cinema 690 (2013): 82.Film & Television Literature Index. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.