The Last King of Scotland
2006
****
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, Apollo Okwenje Omamo, David Oyelowo
Idi Amin ruled Uganda with an iron fist from 1971 to 1979, and left an estimated 300,000 people dead in his wake. In this captivating drama, which mixes fact and fiction, an idealistic Scottish doctor becomes Amin's personal physician and right-hand man, but slowly wakes up to the reality of the reign. Amin, as portrayed by Forest Whitaker, is charming and playful one moment, ruthless and unpredictable the next. His performance is big and showy but electrifying, and it earned him an Oscar. Based on Giles Foden's novel.
