El mestre explorador i aventurer Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) treballa per a una agència del govern que protegeix els fons marins i s'embarca en la gran aventura de la vida quan decideix recórrer les regions més perilloses de l'oest d'Àfrica a la caça d'un tresor. Pitt busca el que els vilatans anomenen "El vaixell de la mort", una nau de la Guerra Civil perduda fa molt de temps. Quan ell i el seu ajudant (Steve Zahn) s'adonen que el vaixell pot estar relacionat amb misterioses morts a la mateixa zona, han d'usar la seva intel·ligència i totes les seves habilitats per ajudar la Doctora Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz), també involucrada a el cas. La doctora Rojas investiga l'expansió d'un virus que pot afectar no només el continent africà, sinó tothom.

2 Weeks in Lagos is a turbulent and thrilling journey into the lives of Ejikeme and Lola. Their lives collide when Ejikeme, an investment banker, comes home from the United States with Lola's brother Charlie to invest in Nigerian businesses. 2 Weeks in Lagos captures the excitement, vibrancy, and complexity of everyday life in Lagos, a dynamic city where anything is possible in 2 weeks.

A man and a woman in Lagos want to escape their everyday lives, but extricating themselves is no easy task. Two stories narrated with tenderness and restraint that only fleetingly touch, the dream of migrating to Europe floating above them all the while.

In the mid-nineties, a 12 year-old boy (KOSSI) with genius-level intelligence, is one of many children trafficked through the Nigerian borders from Togo. He dreams of a better life, but with barely any education, he knows his future is compromised.

For the 50th anniversary of the Lake Bodom murders, two media students obsessed with the case launch a journalistic investigation. The footage they have left behind only raises new questions.