by Alex Billington
June 12, 2026
Source: YouTube
“There is time for everything in this life. Time to be born, and a time to die.” Trinity Content Partners has unveiled an official US trailer for an action thriller movie titled Son of the Soil, set in Nigeria following a Nigerian man who returns home and turns into a brutal vigilante to save his community. This premiered at both the 2025 Blackstar Film Festival in Ghana and the Africa Film Festival in Nigeria last year, and will be out to watch on VOD starting in July this summer in the US. From director Chee Keong Cheung and starring Razaaq Adoti, Nigerian-set action thriller Son of the Soil is a gritty action-extreme thriller debuting after an award-winning festival run late last year. A haunted Nigerian ex-commando is dragged back into a world of violence when his sister’s death leads him to a murderous drug network tearing his community apart – his mission objective is simple. Redemption. Nigerian actor Razaaq Adoti wrote the screenplay and also stars as Zion. Joined by Sunshine Rosman, Taye Arimoro, Patience Ozokwo, Ireti Doyle, Philip Asaya, Emeka Golden, Damilola Ogunsi, Sharon Rotimi. This looks like a solid action flick! Worth a watch.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Chee Keong Cheung’s film Son of the Soil, from YouTube:
Zion Ladejo (Razaaq Adoti), a former Nigerian Special Ops Paratrooper, now lives in quiet exile overseas, haunted by the ghosts of a catastrophic mission. Wracked by guilt from the trauma of his past, Zion is a man adrift, disconnected from his homeland, his purpose, and himself. After receiving news of his sister’s untimely death, Zion returns to Nigeria. He finds a community in ruins, ravaged by a devastating drug epidemic & held hostage by a network of powerful drug dealers. Fueled by grief and a burning need for justice, Zion launches a campaign of violence against the criminal empire poisoning his hometown. As he delves deeper into the underworld, old instincts reignite. With the focus of a soldier and fury of a grieving brother, he takes on a system riddled in corruption & violence. As the body count rises, so do the stakes, as Zion now turns to former brother in arms turned street soldier, Jagunlabi, to rally an army to confront not only the men who killed his sister, but those that continue to import narcotics & poison Lagos streets.
Son of the Soil is directed by British-Chinese action producer / filmmaker Chee Keong Cheung, director of the action movies Underground, Bodyguard: A New Beginning, and Redcon-1 previously, and a producer on many others. The screenplay is written by British-Nigerian actor / producer Razaaq Adoti. Produced by Chee Keong Cheung, Andreas Roald, Ioanna Karavela, Wingonia Ikpi and Razaaq Adoti. This first premiered at the 2025 Blackstar Film Festival in Ghana & the Africa Film Festival in Nigeria. Trinity Content debuts Cheung’s Son of the Soil movie direct-to-VOD in the US starting July 14th, 2026 this summer. Look good?
