Chee Keong Cheung’s acclaimed thriller Son of the Soil from genre studio Action Xtreme is released in select UK cinemas from this Friday 5th December 2025. Son of the Soil is directed by British-Chinese filmmaker Chee Keong Cheung (Redcon-1), and stars British Nigerian actor Razaaq Adoti (Black Hawk Down), who also wrote the script; with 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) also starring. The film – shot on location in Nigeria – brings a contemporary African action story to the British big screen with 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 at The African International Film Festival, plus seven nominations at the upcoming Best of Nollywood Awards. 

The film – described by Nollywire as “Nollywood’s most ambitious action film yet” – features a breakout role for leading man Adoti, and 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 keyed into a tense Taken style revenge plot. 

After an extremely well received cinema release in Nigeria, the film was hailed 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.