Uche Montana’s record-breaking Nollywood blockbuster Beyond Blood has officially claimed another victim. Nigerian presenter and content creator Klowdy Kat, who is based in South Africa, took to social media with a tearful but fiery video review, warning fans that if they didn’t cry watching the film, their hearts are made of stone.
The film, which follows a brilliant attorney trapped in a violently abusive marriage, hit Klowdy Kat hard. She zeroed in on the painful irony of the protagonist’s life. “She was a barrister, a whole attorney, but she couldn’t even defend herself at home,” she said. “A degree is not a shield. Money is not a shield. Abuse can happen to anybody at any time.”
But her sharpest rebuke was reserved for the film’s portrayal of financial abuse. She noted how the main character handed over her entire salary to a man who refused to take care of the house or the children. “Financial abuse is also abuse,” she declared. “Don’t think that because he doesn’t beat you, that’s not abuse.”
The review then took a passionate turn into relationship advice. Klowdy Kat issued a stern warning to women about paying their own bride price or lobola. “A man cannot be a man if he’s not able to take that money from his pocket and pay,” she stated.
View this post on Instagram
Despite the heavy themes, she gave the movie a flawless 10/10, praising the protagonist for fighting tooth and nail to keep children who weren’t biologically hers. “Uche, we need more bangers,” she demanded. From the sound of it, Beyond Blood is exactly that.
