User Reviews: The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Intelligent thriller
Pros: Gritty, gripping and tense
Cons: One-sided biography of Amin
I rented this one weekend just expecting another bash of an African leader.
But this film is so much more.
The plot revolves around an ambitious but naive young Doctor, who decides on an impulse to work in Uganda.
An eventful meeting with the Ugandan dictator soon sees him working for Amin as his personal physician and to an extent, his personal advisor.
The complexity of their relationship between the good-hearted, naive doctor, and a monstrous, simple dictator sees how they almost work in sync together.
But the doctor soon realises, that in his new role, he has bitten off more than he could chew...
This movie is a rollercoaster with murder, corruption, politics as central theme, and the simple doctor being sucked into that world unwittingly. The movie has also an awesome twist in the end... which I won't mention now ;)
Although the lead role is played by James McAvoy as Dr Nicholas Garrigan (or "Nicholas"), Forest Whittaker definitely stole the show.
His performance was absolutely stunning. I certainly BELIEVED he was Idi Amin. For that alone, this was worth the rent.Was this review helpful? Yes - NoLast King
Pros: Forest Whitaker
Cons: Africa isn't that bad
Forest Whitaker's Oscar Winning personification of the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, as seen through the eyes of his Scotish personal doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy). Nicholas came to Uganda hoping to use his medicine to help & cure the poor people of Africa, until he encounters general Amin, the new president through a military coup. Amin appoints him as his personal doctor, a very senstive position to be held by a foreigner. How Amin dealt with the political situations ? with his wives & children ? and most important with his people ? and what happened that turned him against his own friends and trusted ones ?! Whitaker's excellent performance got him the Oscar which he deserved ...
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