Bob Marley: One Love is a 2024 American biography and English-language musical and drama movie with a 6.3/10 iMDb and 4.2/5 audience rating. Reinaldo Marcus Green directs the movie. The movie stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley, Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley, Jesse Cilio as Norval Marle, etc.
Story
Bob Marley: One Love is a biographical movie based on the life of the greatest of all time, Bob Marley. Bob Marley lived widely in their maternal uncle’s home because his father was an English soldier. He started singing songs because of his mother.
At a young age, Bob Marley formed a band with friends named The Wailing Wailers, and their band became famous in the country. Before the election, two political parties collapsed, turning violent (home war or civil war).
In 1996, Bob Marley announced a peace concert named Smile Jamaica to bring peace to the country. At the time of rehearsal, some Jamaicans attacked Bob Marley’s home with guns, but no one died; they were injured. They were scared for the concert, but on the day of the concert, they performed well, and the song by Bob Marley impacted youths, but the violence didn’t end.
To see the violence, he sent his family to America and went to Britain for a tour with their band, The Wailing Wailers. One day he heard the vibes of the Exodus movie, and he decided to create a new album with the Exodus name and his vibes for the people. After the release of Exodus, it became popular in Europe, but his band broke because of money and fame.
During the Europe tour, while playing football in Paris, he gets injured in a thump of his leg, but he doesn’t treat it and continues his concert. But after the Europe tour, he knows that he has a rare type of cancer.
In 1978, Bob Marley returned to Jamaica to do something that hadn’t happened in previous concerts. He was popular worldwide, and in the peace concerts, millions of people came to hear him, at the end of the concert, he called the top leaders of Jamaica to handshake each other for the peace of the country and the end of violence.
In 1981, Bob Marley died of cancer at the age of 36.
Review
The movie is based on the true story of the legendary Jamaican singer Bob Marley. The performance of the actors and the cinematography of the movie feel like the vibes of the 1970s. You can connect with the movie and be a part of it.
Bob Marley is an iconic legend whose spirit, words, culture, faith, and revolutionary confidence.
For those unfamiliar with Jamaican language and culture, the movie allows them to learn it. All the actors delivered stellar performances. Overall, the movie provided an incredibly emotional and enriching learning experience.