The Nigerian government took offense at the film's depiction of Nigerians as criminals and cannibals, banning the film within Nigeria and asking the Censor's Board to confiscate it from theaters. 
Serikali ya Naijeria ilichukizwa na jinsi filamu hiyo ilivyowaonyesha Wanaijeria kama wahalifu na wala watu, na iliipiga marufuku ndani ya Naijeria na kulitaka Baraza la Udhibiti kuikamata kutoka kwenye majumba ya sinema.