If Wulu tells indeed how a young man joined the drug crime and climbed its rank. Ladji character is harsh, focused on his objective but also sensitive and its portrait is nicely painted in the movie.
But this is not only a movie about crime and it is also the depiction of modern East Africa Its cities, and the dynamics, the vitality peculiar to Africa.
The pit between common people from the wealthy, the future they can hope, and of course, the corruption at all levels.
The director also used the story to show and denounces the links between crime and terrorism. All in all, it draws a harsh but true to the situation political assessment
To sum up, Wulu is already itself a good crime drama, and becomes thanks to that a real nice movie and deserves your attention.