Some movies leave one feeling gleeful. Poorly executed flicks, on the other hand, make cinema-goers think of a million better ways they could have spent their time.
TheCable Lifestyle recommends the following movies for you to watch in the cinema or on Netflix this weekend.
- Brotherhood
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Falz, Tobi Bakre, Toni Tones
Synopsis: Orphaned, rough-raised twin brothers find themselves on the opposite spectrum of the law. One is a police officer and the other a notorious armed robber.
The bonds of brotherhood are put to the ultimate test as the police officer joins a task force that hunts down his twin and his gang.
- Ticket to Life
Running time: 1hr 24mins
Starring: Sambassa Nzeribe, Linda Osifo, Tina Mba
Synopsis: After coming to Lagos from Osogbo in search of greener pastures, a desperate village girl soon realises that the grasses are not as lush as it seems after discovering a haunting secret.
- The Enforcer
Running time: 1hr 40mins
Starring: 2 Chainz, Alexis Ren, Antonio Banderas
Synopsis: A mob enforcer turns against his boss and must defend himself and his decision or suffer the consequences.
- Ticket to Paradise
Running time: 1hr 44mins
Starring: George Clooney, Billie Lourd, Julia Roberts
Synopsis: A separated couple journeys to Bali, Indonesia, in an attempt to save their daughter from making the same mistake they once made — falling in love too soon. The voyage will change their lives forever.
- The Woman King
Running time: 2hrs 14mins
Starring: Viola Davis, Angelique Kidjo, John Boyega
Synopsis: A historical film that tells the story of Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness, unlike anything the world has ever seen.
- Finding Ireti
Running time: 1hr 50mins
Starring: Bolanle Ninalowo, Saidi Balogun, Laide Bakare
Synopsis: A spoilt child gets lost in a crowded city and her troubled parents must go through a lot to find her.
- Inside Life
Running time: 1hr 55mins
Starring: Hafiz Oyetoro, Broda Shaggi, Wole Ojo
Synopsis: A upper-middle-class young man is wrongfully arrested and remanded in prison, just a few days before his wedding.
He not only needs to fight to get released on time to get married to his sweetheart, but he must learn to survive and come out of prison alive.
- Passport
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Lateef Adedimeji, Mercy Johnson, Jim Iyke
Synopsis: Two people on different ends of the loneliness spectrum who are both looking for some excitement in their lives meet each other in an unusual circumstance. To recover his passport, a man needs help from a tomboy who lives in the ghetto. He must work with her or miss a flight to a job interview that could change his life.
- The Invitation
Running time: 1hr 44mins
Starring: Alana Bolden, Hugh Skinner, Thomas Doherty
Synopsis: A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.
- Beast
Running time: 1hr 38mins
Starring: Idris Elba, Billy Gallagher, Iyana Halley
Synopsis: A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has an apex predator.
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