The Set Up 2

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The Set Up 2
Directed byNaz Onuzo
Written byNaz Onuzo
Produced byInkblot Productions, Film One Entertainment, and Anakle Studios
Starring Nancy Isime
Adesua Etomi
Kehinde Bankole
Production
company
Distributed byFilmOne Distributions
Anakle Films
Release date
  • 12 August 2022 (2022-08-12)
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish

The Set Up 2 is a 2022 Nigerian crime thriller film, a sequel to The Set Up released in 2019. The Nollywood sequel was jointly produced by Inkblot Productions, Film One Entertainment and Anakle Studios. The film was directed by Naz Onuzo instead of Niyi Akinmolayan, who directed the first part. [1] The film stars Adesua Etomi, Kehinde Bankole, Nancy Isime, Jim Iyke, Tina Mba, Uzor Arukwe, Kate Henshaw, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Stan Nze, Lota Chukwu and a host of others. [2] The film was released in Nigeria on 12 August 2022. [3]

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Selected cast

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Synopsis

The Set Up 2 is a sequel movie to The Set Up that was released in 2019. The movie follows Chike (Adesua Etomi) four years after the events of the first film, who is still trying to come to terms with the fact that she is now an agent for an international organization. Chike is forced to leave everything behind and go after a criminal named Usi (Nancy Isime) as things begin to get complicated. [4]

Premiere

The Set Up 2 premiered on Sunday 7 August 2022 in Lagos at the IMAX film house cinema in the Lekki area of Lagos. In attendance were actors and actresses featured in the movie and a host of Nollywood actors and actresses that didn't feature in the movie, some of which are Tobi Bakre, Lala Akindoju, Jemima Osunde, Adunni Ade, Femi Adebayo, Mr Macaroni and others. [5]

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