, 2h16 Directed byCary Joji Fukunaga OriginUSA GenresDrama, War ThemesFilms set in Africa ActorsIdris Elba, Ama K. Abebrese, Abraham Attah, David Dontoh Roles Linguist Rating76% With war approaching their small West African village, the mother, sister, and baby brother of the principal character, Agu, a preadolescent boy, leave for the capital, but Agu and his father, older brother, and grandfather stay behind. All the men in the family are shot dead by the army except Agu, who flees to the bush. He is soon found there by a battalion of the rebel Native Defense Force, which first threatens to kill him, but coerces him to join them as a child soldier.