Lana Emmanuel Director: Jade OsiberuCast: Tobi Bakre, Adesua Etomi-Wellington, ChikeGenre: Crime, DramaWhere to Watch: Prime VideoNaijaSabi Score: 8.3/10
Three childhood friends raised inside Lagos street politics try to outrun a system that has already priced their lives, as elections weaponise the very gangs that raised them.
Osiberu shoots Isale Eko with love and dread in equal measure. Tobi Bakre’s breakout performance still stuns, and the film’s argument — that violence in Lagos is organised from above — has lost none of its charge.
Verdict: Nigerian crime cinema’s high-water mark. Prime Video’s best African original.
