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.

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TheCable Lifestyle recommends the following movies for you to watch in the cinema or on Netflix this weekend.

The Set Up 2

Running time: 2hrs

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Starring: Adeauwa Etomi, Nancy Isime, Stan Nze

Synopsis: A notorious terrorist kidnaps a child to coerce a top government agent into doing her bidding. The government agent and the child’s mother must join forces to eliminate the threat and save the kid.

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C.O.L.D

Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Starring: Peter Edochie, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Ireti Doyle

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Synopsis: Scheming pastors with large congregations are ambitious about remaining at the top and they will stop at nothing to achieve that, including consulting diabolical means.

 

Beast

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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 but one apex predator.

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Bullet Train

Running time: 2hrs 23mins

Starring: Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Micheal Shannon

Synopsis: A trained assassin wants a way out of the killing life but she must participate in a final objective that would be her most daring.

 

Legend of Hank

Running time: 1hr 38mins

Starring: Gabriel Iglesias, Ricky Gervais, Michelle Yeoh

Synopsis: A dog finds himself in a community of cats desperately in need of a hero as a supervillain threatens their existence. Our hero must overcome cats’ hatred for dogs to fulfil the mission.

 

Hey You

Running time: 1hr 40mins

Starring: Timini Egbuson, Efe Irele, Stan Nze

Synopsis: The life of a socially awkward 32-year-old software engineer is turned upside down when he finds out the girl he wants to be with is the adult-film model he obsesses over, and she’s his next-door neighbour.

 

DC League of Superpets

Running time: 1hr 40mins

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves

Synopsis: An assorted collection of pets with supernatural powers must converge and save the world from evil in the absence of Superman and the Justice League.

 

Tiger’s Tail

Running time: 1hr 55mins

Starring:  Alex Ekubo, Natasha Akhide, Anita Joseph

Synopsis: A UK-trained Nigerian psychologist launches a foundation to rehabilitate street boys, but things get really ugly when she is kidnapped by a ruthless gang.

 

The Gray Man

Running time: 2hrs 2mins

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Chis Evan, Ana De Armas

Synopsis: A CIA agent uncovers the agency’s deep-rooted secret, and it triggers a universal man-hunt for his head. Will he survive the hordes of assassins eying the bounty staked on him?

 

Thor: Love and Thunder

Running time: 1hr 59mins

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pitt, Christian Bale

Synopsis: Thor interrupts his retirement to stop a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods. The thunder god gathers a squad of diety, and they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the killer’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.



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