Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
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Abraham Attah
Agu
Idris Elba
Commandant
Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye
Strika
Opeyemi Fagbohungbe
Sergeant Gaz
Emmanuel Affadzi
Dike
Richard Pepple
Father Friday
Ama K. Abebrese
Mother
Kobina Amissah-Sam
Father
John Arthur
Angry Bush Taxi Driver
Kurt Egyiawan
2nd I-C
Director
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Screenplay
Cary Joji Fukunaga
Tagline
"Child. Captive. Killer."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$9,077,700
Production
Participant, Red Crown Productions, Levante Filmes, Mutressa Movies, Primary Productions, Parliament of Owls
CinemaSerf
July 20, 2026
"Agu" (Abraham Attah) is a young lad who witnesses at first hand the violence that is sweeping his rural community and with his family and village decimated by marauding bandits, he finds himself under the command of a man who is as brutal as he is shrewd (Idris Elba). He knows how to instill a culture of fear into his new recruits and he also knows how to weed out those whom he deems too weak or ...
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