Ruminations on the Nigerian Security After Watching 44 Minutes
44 Minutes (motion picture) You don't need to wonder what my childhood was like, but I just watched 44 Minutes yesterday. You know that then-popular "Police & Thief" film . So don't feel like I was really missing out on certain heydays. And I felt quite good watching it at this point in time, with a spectacle of perspectives, which may not have been possible with the clueless eyes of a child, regardless of my cognitive abilities for discernment. Then, I would have merely been thirsting for the sounds of sporadic gun shots, the dramatic falls from bullet hits and other elements of action-packed movies without understanding the storylines for proper synthesis and context. So having watched the movie, and realizing that it was an adaptation of a true-life event at the Bank of America, North Hollywood branch in Los Angeles on a Friday (Feb. 28, 1997), I figured out a strong sense of patriotism and service to humanity among the people; the police particular...