“Surviving is not the same as living.”

Years after laying down his rifle, Agu (Attah) testifies at a truth tribunal while building a quiet life by the coast. When a breakaway commander kidnaps former child soldiers to found a “new brigade,” the past drags him back—this time to save boys who look like he once did. Handheld images rip and heal: a dawn river crossing in fog; a market stampede under crackling radio orders; a truck convoy threading red clay roads; a church‑yard standoff where silence is the loudest threat; a tribunal room rattled by a grenade’s echo; a final night march lit by burning sugarcane. The score is heartbeat and humming—machete steel, whispered prayers, ocean wind.

Verdict: Raw, humane, unsparing—Attah’s steady, haunted power anchors a sequel about accountability, mercy, and the price of choosing life.