One week on and Netflix consumers are still obsessing over Sola Sobowale’s fronted thriller series ‘King of Boys: The Return of a King’. The limited series, which started off as a two-hour feature film ‘King of Boys’ has easily broken the mould of sequels underserving than their originals.
Sobowale’s dramatic punch was inarguable a clue to her versatility that honed a grieving mother, a desperate political aspirant and a vengeful high-class rebel ready to play the underworld game.
Here, Sobowale doesn’t retire in one scene and resurrects in the next two. Every screen time is unparalleled and as such gives the series a refreshing take that Nollywood has been experimenting with within the past years.
Her screen credits are now endless with exceptional titles that include her beloved work ‘Super Story: Oh Father Oh Daughter’ and her box office breakthrough ‘The Wedding Party’. She has done it like no other and continues to do it.
For our watch list this weekend, we have assembled the best and good from her impressive archive of film and television.
FILMS
‘THE WEDDING PARTY’
SYNOPSIS: As their big day arrives, a couple’s lavish wedding plans turn into a nightmare of exes, fighting parents and uninvited guests.
DIRECTOR: Kemi Adetiba
AVAILABLE TO WATCH: Netflix
‘WIVES ON STRIKE: THE REVOLUTION’
SYNOPSIS: After a woman is severely beaten at home, her strong-willed friends take a stand against their husbands to seek justice for domestic abuse victims.
DIRECTOR: Omoni Oboli
AVAILABLE TO WATCH: Netflix
‘KING OF BOYS: THE RETURN OF THE KING’
SYNOPSIS: Alhaji Eniola Salami starts anew and sets her sights on a different position of power, fueled by revenge, regret and ruthlessness.
DIRECTOR: Kemi Adetiba
AVAILABLE TO WATCH: Netflix
‘SEVEN AND A HALF DATES’
SYNOPSIS: Engrossed in her career, a young woman reluctantly yields to her father’s plan to set her up on 10 dates to find a suitable husband.
DIRECTOR: Biodun Stephen
AVAILABLE TO WATCH: Netflix
‘CRAZY PEOPLE’
SYNOPSIS: Nollywood star Ramsey Nouah learns that someone is impersonating him and breaks out of a mental institution to expose the imposter.
DIRECTOR: Moses Inwang
AVAILABLE TO WATCH: Netflix
‘GOLD STATUE’
SYNOPSIS: After tracing an artifact to his ancestry, a young man and his friend’s search for a glided statue lands them in a maximum-security prison.
DIRECTOR: Tade Ogidan
AVAILABLE TO WATCH: Netflix
TV SERIES
‘SUPER STORY: OH FATHER OH DAUGHTER’
CATEGORY: Anthology
AVAILABE TO WATCH: YouTube
