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The Blu-ray release features the option to watch Who Killed Captain Alex? with or without the VJ Emmie narration, plus subtitles in 40 languages, and welcome videos by Nabwana IGG for 14 countries.
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1 Blu-ray/DVD combo by the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) on. The film was released alongside Bad Black in the Wakaliwood Supa Action Vol. As of January 2022, it has over 7 million views. The film itself was uploaded on Wakaliwood's YouTube channel on 1 March 2015. The official trailer of the film uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2010 quickly developed a cult following and currently has over 3.6 million views. Who Killed Captain Alex? sold over 10,000 copies in DVD sales in Uganda, and pirated copies of the film have sold an estimated 10 times that amount. Throughout the film, a panpipes cover of the Seal song " Kiss from a Rose", as well as a piano cover of the ABBA song " Mamma Mia", can be heard. Squibs used to simulate gunshot wounds were made from condoms filled with red food coloring and tied to fishing lines before being taped to the actors' chests Nabwana previously used cow blood, but was forced to discontinue it after one of his actors developed brucellosis. The actors supplied their own costumes one of them was given a mask so he could play two different roles in the same scene. The film's props and camera equipment were fabricated from scrap metal at a machine shop next to Nabwana's house. Nabwana shot the film in January 2010 and edited it using a computer he assembled from old parts. The helicopter scenes in the film were based on Nabwana's experiences during the Ugandan Bush War where he and his brother were chased by a helicopter. Filmmaker Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey Nabwana (nicknamed Nabwana IGG) was inspired by his love of Hollywood action movies and martial arts films from childhood. Production began in late 2009 in the ghettos of Nateete. The film was produced on a less than US$200 budget. VJ Emmie as the voice of the Video Joker.Puffs as Puffs: Richard's Russian subordinate. Nakyambadde Prossy as Ritah: One of Richard's many wives.
Bukenya Charles as Bruce U: Captain Alex's brother and skillful shaolin martial artist.Sseruyna Ernest as Richard: Leader of the Tiger Mafia.Kakule William as Captain Alex: Uganda's best soldier, tasked with destroying the Tiger Mafia.The government places Uganda under martial law, leaving the culprit of Alex's murder uncertain. Puffs is killed in a grenade blast, while Richard is wounded and swears revenge before being captured. The UPDF chases after Richard, and a chaotic battle ensues. The military bombs the schoolhouse with a helicopter, forcing the Tiger Mafia to evacuate. Although the latter temporarily manages to fight the men off, he is eventually overwhelmed. Richard commands Puffs' new henchmen to attack Bruce as a test of their combat skills.
As Puffs wreaks havoc on Kampala with the helicopter, Bruce is captured by the Tiger Mafia as he attempts to enter the base. He orders his subordinate Puffs to use a stolen helicopter to bomb Kampala as a diversion, while the Mafia prepares to defend the schoolhouse. Richard eavesdrops on the meeting using the phone of a turncoat soldier, and plots a counter-plan. A new military commander is chosen to replace Alex, and he devises a plan to attack a schoolhouse that serves as the Mafia's base. The UPDF, now deprived of a leader, struggles to formulate a plan for capturing Richard. After recalling her past, she agrees to take Bruce to the base of the Tiger Mafia. After sleeping in a tree for the night, he encounters and bonds with a woman named Ritah, one of Richard's wives who suffered amnesia after being shot by her husband. Bruce asks the master to help him on his mission for vengeance, but the latter declines. After getting into a fight with local martial artists, he meets the fighters' master.
That night, Captain Alex is unexpectedly found dead inside his tent, with the murderer having escaped.Ĭaptain Alex's brother, a Ugandan shaolin monk named Bruce U arrives at Kampala in search of the murderer. Richard becomes antagonized, and sends a spy to seduce Alex so that his men can later capture him. Alex sets up camp in the village of Wakaliga, and manages to capture Richard's brother during a commando operation. Captain Alex, one of the most decorated officers in the Uganda People's Defence Force, is sent out to capture the crime boss Richard and his Tiger Mafia, a criminal organization that controls the drug trade of the city of Kampala.