King of Boys is a political crime thriller written and directed by Nigerian movie/music video director, Kemi Adetiba. The movie tells the story of female criminal underworld leader, Eniola Salami’s – played by Sola Sobowale – rise to power and her travails as the ‘King of Boys.’ Now, let’s review the movie.

GENRE

It’s really no news that movies other than comedies – slapsticks, majorly – are becoming a dying breed in Nigerian cinemas nowadays. King of Boys is one of such rare Nollywood films that do not fit into that booming comedy mold. Kemi Adetiba doesn’t settle for the guarantee of commercial success that these comedies, in recent times, have proven to possess. Rather, she damns the consequences and delivers a compelling political crime thriller. The movie, in this regard, was a breath of fresh air, making the writer/director more than deserving of praise.

PLOT

King of Boys was woven around a very interesting premise. The protagonist, Eniola Salami, had, up until now, successfully run the criminal underworld, discreetly handling dirty jobs for top politicians. For unrevealed reasons, she decides the next step was to get her a seat at the political table. She gets assured by her political connects that her desires would become reality. However, when time came for them to deliver on their promise, they, in characteristic fashion, disappoint Eniola. This leaves for an embittered, enraged and battle ready, Alhaja Eniola Salami as the first act of the movie concludes.

However, as the second act of the movie kicks off the plot begins to slowly veer off course. Rather than see Alhaja Eniola go to war with her newly made enemies, the plots shifts to a power tussle between her and one of the ‘boys’ she is supposed to be ‘kinging’ over, in the person of recalcitrant Makanaki, played by indigenous rapper, Reminisce.

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