Get Ready To Experience The Award-Winning Action Thriller Son Of The Soil In UK Cinemas
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Sovereign and Nile Entertainment will be bringing the award-winning action thriller Son Of The Soil to UK cinemas. Watch the trailer here.
Sovereign and Nile Entertainment are proud to announce the release of Chee Keong Cheung’s acclaimed thriller Son of the Soil from genre studio Action Xtreme. It will be in select UK cinemas on 5th December 2025. Son of the Soil is directed by British-Chinese filmmaker Chee Keong Cheung (Redcon-1). It stars British Nigerian actor Razaaq Adoti (Black Hawk Down). Razaaq Adoti also wrote the script. The film also stars Patience Ozokwo (Everybody Loves Jenifa), Iretiola Doyle (Tinsel), Sunshine Rosman (Netflix’s To Kill a Monkey), Taye Arimoro (Deadline for Love), Emeka Golden (Say Who Die) and Sharon Rotimi (The Yard). The film, shot on location in Nigeria, brings a contemporary African action story to the British big screen. It features a cast that blends rising talent and industry veterans.
Winner of three awards at the 2025 Black Star International Film Festival, in Ghana (Best Director, Overall Best Film and Best International Showcase), the Action Xtreme film and Nollywood game-changer also garnered the coveted Audience Choice Award. This was at The African International Film Festival. Plus, it received seven nominations at the upcoming Best of Nollywood Awards.
PREMISE
Zion Ladejo, a former Nigerian Special Ops paratrooper, has built a quiet life in exile. This happened after a mission gone wrong. Everything shifts when news of his sister’s sudden death drags him back home to a Nigeria battling drugs, corruption and organised crime.
ABOUT THE FILM
The film – described by Nollywire as “Nollywood’s most ambitious action film yet” – features a breakout role for leading man Adoti. It captures the vibrant, edgy feel of the country’s criminal underworld. Gritty, violent and propulsive, with standout action set pieces. Son of the Soil has the adrenaline-fuelled urgency of Blood Diamond and Man on Fire. It is keyed into a tense Taken-style revenge plot.
After an exceptionally well-received cinema release in Nigeria, audiences hailed the film as a ‘Nollywood game-changer’ that revitalised the Nigerian action movie industry. Now UK audiences will get a chance to experience this audacious UK/Nigerian co-production on the big screen. And realise that gripping action cinema doesn’t always have to come from US film studios.
“Son of the Soil” hits select cinemas across the UK on December 5th.
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