We’ve all seen movies — like “Beirut,” with Jon Hamm — in which a trouble-shooting agent or foreign correspondent has to make his way through a scavenger nation that’s a nest of danger and instability and corruption.
“Nigerian Prince” is one of those movies, except that the central character is no spy.
He’s a surly American teenager named Eze (Antonio J.
Bell), who arrives in the sprawling Nigerian capital of Lagos to spend four weeks with his aunt.
Or so he thinks.
His mother flew him over there so he could soak up his Nigerian heritage, which sounds innocent enough, until you learn that she canceled his return ticket the moment he arrived.
Eze isn’t just visiting — he’s trapped.
In a place with spotty electricity, hamburgers that taste like dog food, and people you can’t trust.His first morning there, his Aunt Grace (Tina Mba) throws
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