King of Boys: The Return of the King

I started off a tad frustrated by the drawn out scenes and felt the first couple of episodes over indulged a bit in the excess time that comes with TV series hence the 8/10...However! The later episodes more than made up for the slow burn. In fact I don't remember much of the first episodes. All I can think of is the incredible plot twists and how the entire story came together into a stunning finale. Naija to the world y'all. I'm so proud 👏🏾

Hmmm... This was a movie. A GOOD ONE and that's about it. Buh let's break it down a bit.

Plot Kemi is still one of the best story tellers of all time in Nigeria. She has shown that time and again. From her music videos to movies. She knows how to tell and finish a story. She puts you at the edge of your sit in suspence and drops your jaw with a finish. Only this time she dragged on too much. It was unnecessarily longer than the movie should have been. I mean she spent the first episode rightfully introducing the queen and wasted too much time showing pain from the lead.

That was too much in my opinion. 8/10

Acting Man.... I think she focused more on the lead characters than she did for the rest. It's a body of work. I believe d energy should flow around all. The add-ons had bad or unnecessary script lines. The lead guard was too stiff the second in command was better. Needless to say the leads were magnificent. Jaw dropping performance. Second time Toni tones is giving me chills down my spine. Hot damn 8/10

SFX Special effects needed a lot more. I've seen much better in Nigerian movie. It's big budget movie I expected more. 5/10

Direction Kemi wrote and directed that means she brought her imagination to people's minds and they loved it. I applaud her. Buh like I said the acting was focused on some key moments and leads. Some parts lacked emotion and Its unfortunate cause Kemi always has scenes that give goosebumps. The scene in the beginning for instance thats EPIC what a way to begin. The best emotional scene in the movie in my opinion was the reporters argument with his wife in his apartment. Then the graveyard scene in the first episode was Iconic. I think she dwelled too much on it but still, literal goosebumps. 7/10

Script Although better than most Nigerian movies, needed more work. Some lines were better left unsaid. Especially the add-ons like the elders. They needed to be scene not heard. 7/10

Cast Mad choice of team but not totally on point. They came with their A game. Charlie Boy over acted his role though. Making him fake. At a point he was counting his words. He wasn't as natural as the rest. For a supporting role with a very important role to play, he didn't do justice to it. Sank the movie for me. I think Kemi was going with bad and dangerous but sexy something like Jafar in Aladdin or Rasputin Anastasia or Scar in Lion King. Bad buh like-able. Charlie boy was a No no. 7/10

Soundtrack An important part of every movie. This movie lacked a lot of that and audio effects in core areas were missing. 5/10

I like the fact that she never focuses on one Ethnic group. She mixed it all. Love that. Like I said it was a GOOD movie.

I admire Kemi Adetiba. I think she's fantastic and Sola Sobawale is an amazing actress.

But if I will be honest, I thought this series was a bit weak. The way the story was told or the path it followed was weak, perhaps because it was made into a series.

From the start, the story seemed to drag. There were things I expected to happen (can't quite place my finger on what...not a filmmaker) but it just felt like certain things were missing, some things dragged, some things maybe unnecessary (some of the lighting/effects in some scenes) and there were scenes where the actor seemed tired.

There were unfulfilled expectations, and it made me wonder what the issue was because I remember I really liked the initial King of Boys (2018).

The only reason I'm not going to give this a 10 out of 10 star review is because I found the story lacking. Many of the major characters weren't fully explored and were therefore wasted, and some of the plot twists made absolutely no sense. That aside, this series is an exquisite work of art. Everything from the cast to the music was perfect. You couldn't ask for a better actors, or ask for more beautiful locations. The scenery is a marvel to behold. The wardrobe mouth watering. The acting was superb.... Charley Boy is a delight to watch on camera. This was a wonderful effort by Kemi Adetiba and I'm really happy I got a chance to watch this. Looking forward to more and I'm sure the stories will improve.

In terms of acting, this is one of the greatest movie I have watched. It took me back to the days of classical Nigerian movies were the acting was so pure and detailed. The storyline is immersive, and intriguing. Great movie.