Colours of Fire

Colours of Fire is Nollywood’s most ambitious fantasy in years. Set in a kingdom at the edge of the ordinary world, the film follows a coming-of-age narrative weaving political intrigue and spiritual testing. Adesua Etomi-Wellington plays a character moving between spiritual and material worlds with a grace the production’s visual effects mostly support.

Ramsey Nouah brings decades of screen authority to an elder figure role that provides the film’s moral centre. iLLBliss continues to surprise with psychological complexity. The visual ambition occasionally outstrips the execution, but when the film grounds its fantasy in physical performance, it achieves something genuinely rare.

Verdict: Ambitious Nigerian fantasy that almost lands. The foundation for something better is clearly here.