Hopped up on its desire for confrontations and death as a loser’s reward, the importance of plot takes a back-seat to the chaos on screen, and that’s exactly how Nabwana wants it. Alex’s brother, a master of kung fu (who reluctantly uses the martial art form for vengeance) is brought in to help find who murdered the captain formerly known as Alex. At the center is the highly-regarded Captain Alex ( Kakule Wilson), who helps hunt members of the Tiger Mafia, but is then indeed mysteriously killed. The script shares that same ambition, telling of a big battle between the ruthless Tiger Mafia and the Ugandan special forces. Nevertheless, Who Killed Captain Alex? is the result of a filmmaker who wants to make a big movie, operating through his self-made studio that Nabwana calls Wakaliwood. (That last tidbit a fact shared in the opening credit cards of this film.) And as testament to how hardcore Nabwana is as cinematic storyteller, after all of the time he spent editing this movie, he had to delete it to make space for his next one – we’re only seeing a low-resolution DVD transfer. The significance of this project starts with that DIY cred filmmaker Nabwana IGG (writer, director, producer, editor) used the people, places, and things around him in the village of Wakaliga, Uganda, with a modified car jack serving as his tripod, and with a $200 budget. It’s a bat-shit crazy milestone to be honored in the film history books – those that focus on world cinema, and also the indie film projects that are equal parts genuine and gaga.

Who Killed Captain Alex? contains Ugandan commandos, kung fu, a MIDI version of Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose” as part of its score, a rambunctious (and sometimes farting) in-film commentary track, and some more super action.

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