# Hoodrush
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{{Short description|2012 Nigerian musical thriller film}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Hoodrush
| image = Hoodrush_film.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = Dimeji Ajibola
| producer = Dimeji Ajibola
| screenplay = Dimeji Ajibola
| story =
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[OC Ukeje](/source/OC_Ukeje)|[Bimbo Akintola](/source/Bimbo_Akintola)|[Gabriel Afolayan](/source/Gabriel_Afolayan)|[Chelsea Eze](/source/Chelsea_Eze)}}
| music = Patrick Mathias
| cinematography = Gbenga Afolabi
| editing =
| studio = Flipsyde Studio
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2012|10|12}}
| runtime = 146 minutes
| country = Nigeria
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''Hoodrush''''' is a 2012 Nigerian musical [thriller film](/source/thriller_film) written, produced, and directed by Dimeji Ajibola, and starring [OC Ukeje](/source/OC_Ukeje), [Bimbo Akintola](/source/Bimbo_Akintola), and [Gabriel Afolayan](/source/Gabriel_Afolayan). It received two nominations at the [9th Africa Movie Academy Awards](/source/9th_Africa_Movie_Academy_Awards), [Gabriel Afolayan](/source/Gabriel_Afolayan) eventually won the award for the category ''Best Actor In A Supporting Role''.[{{cite web | url=http://www.nollywoodmoviesawards.tv/nma_site/the_awards/nominees.htm | title=NMA Nominees | website=Nollywood Movies Awards | accessdate=7 February 2014 | archive-date=5 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105165733/http://www.nollywoodmoviesawards.tv/nma_site/the_awards/nominees.htm | url-status=dead }}][{{cite web|url=http://www.ama-awards.com/news/nominees-2013-edition-african-movie-academy-awards |title=AMAA 2013 Nominees |website=Africa Movie Academy |accessdate=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034601/http://www.ama-awards.com/news/nominees-2013-edition-african-movie-academy-awards |archivedate=6 January 2014 }}]
The film tells a story of two brothers who face various challenges as they strive to participate in musical talent shows.
==Cast==
*[OC Ukeje](/source/OC_Ukeje) as Shez Jabari
*[Bimbo Akintola](/source/Bimbo_Akintola) as Alhaja Khadijah
*[Gabriel Afolayan](/source/Gabriel_Afolayan) as Tavier Jabari
*[Chelsea Eze](/source/Chelsea_Eze) as Shakira
*[Ijeoma Grace Agu](/source/Ijeoma_Grace_Agu) as Kelechi
*[Stan Nze](/source/Stan_Nze) as Mech Boy
==Reception==
===Critical reception===
The film received mostly positive to average reviews. [Nollywood Reinvented](/source/Nollywood_Reinvented) praised the film for its beautiful and well composed music and gave it a 69% rating, stating "the speedometer of the movie at the beginning may have been average, but it grew to a crescendo like an interesting novel one had doubts about, but became happy he read it to the end. This is a good movie".[{{cite web | url=http://www.nollywoodreinvented.com/hoodrush-2 | title=Hoodrush Review | publisher=Nollywood REinvented | date=April 30, 2013 | accessdate=7 February 2014 | author=Richard Odilu}}] Sodas and Popcorn on the other hand believed the film would've been better with less songs. It gave a 4 out of 5 rating and wrote "This was a very beautiful script filled with lots of suspense, intrigue, emotion and a little bit of good ol’ action and my least favourite, the singing. The flashbacks were beautiful, the sex scenes were top notch, the fight scenes were actually believable, even better than some Hollywood struggle scenes".[{{cite web | url=http://sodasandpopcorn.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/hoodrush/ | title=Hoodrush Review on Sodas and Popcorn | publisher=Sodas and Popcorn | date=October 28, 2012 | accessdate=7 February 2014}}]
==Awards==
''Hoodrush'' received two nominations at the [9th Africa Movie Academy Awards](/source/9th_Africa_Movie_Academy_Awards) including the category ''Achievement in Soundtrack''. It also received eleven nominations at the 2013 [Nollywood Movies Awards](/source/Nollywood_Movies_Awards) including the category ''Best Movie''.
===[Africa Movie Academy Awards](/source/9th_Africa_Movie_Academy_Awards)===
*AMAA 2013 Prize For Best Actor In A Supporting Role (won)
*AMAA 2013 Prize For Achievement In Soundtrack (nominated)
===[Nollywood Movies Awards](/source/Nollywood_Movies_Awards)===
*Best Movie
*Best Lead Actor (won)
*Best Lead Actress
*Best Supporting Actor
*Best Supporting Actress
*Best Director
*Best Editing
*Best Sound Design
*Best Original Screenplay
*Best Soundtrack (won)
*Best Rising Star (male)
*Best Rising Star (female)
==See also==
* [List of Nigerian films of 2012](/source/List_of_Nigerian_films_of_2012)
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.hoodrushmovie.com}}
* {{Facebook|Hoodrush|Hoodrush}}
Category:2012 films
Category:English-language Nigerian films
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Category:Nigerian thriller films
Category:Nigerian musical films
Category:Films based on musicals
Category:2010s musical drama films
Category:Films shot in Lagos
Category:Films set in Lagos
Category:2012 thriller films
Category:2012 drama films
Category:2012 English-language films
Category:Films shot in Nigeria
Category:English-language musical drama films
Category:English-language thriller films
Category:2012 musical films
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