kick-flick
n.— «At the Ronald Ngala Street, people stop to peer through the shop windows at videos—mostly cheap Chinese kick-flicks or weird Nigerian productions—that play in silent mode.» —“Mitumba country” by Tony Mochama Society (Nairobi, Kenya) June 19, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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