Nollywood screenwriter and director Dimeji Ajibola recently released a 1-minute teaser of his upcoming dystopian movie, Ratnik. Impressed by the visual effects and dystopian locations, local publications waxed lyrical about the film. YNaija! called it "the dystopian action-thriller we deserve in 2019." Ratnik deserves its early praise; it is an ambitious project and its visual effects are impressive.

For some, a sci-fi Nigerian movie is unheard of, but Ratnik is not the first time a Nollywood sci-fi film will generate this much buzz. Kajola—the last one that did—was an utter disappointment. The debut film of now Nollywood box office king, Niyi Akinmolayan, it was released in 2009 to much fanfare. Akinmolayan was tired of Nollywood filmmakers: "those yeye people that don't know how to make cool stuff." Young and naïve, he thought he would change Nollywood forever by making "the greatest Nigerian movie ever. It will be action/sci-fi with lots of effects and we are going to win an Oscar."

Unsurprisingly, Kajola turned out awful—it had terrible graphics and reports say moviegoers didn't finish the film at cinemas. "They stormed out of the hall. Threatened the ticketing guys. Demanded their money back," Akinmolayan wrote on his blog. The film was thrown out of cinemas after two days.