Forest Whitaker. in the role he was born to play!

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2007)

'The Last king of Scotland' is by far in my own opinion the best film of 2006' current acting favorite, James Mcavoy, plays a wet behind the ears young doctor, who sets out on a voyage of self discovery and more, travel's to 1970's Uganda where he becomes caught up in a political coup,and inadvertently becomes involved, and subsequently becomes personal physician and adviser, to madman dictator Idi Amin, initially he is treated like royalty by the Scottish culture loving Amin, played by Forest Whitaker in the role he was born to play, the resemblance is frighteningly uncanny. Whitikaker's performance mixes black comedy, and all out paranoia. The young doctor, then is caught in a powerful struggle between Amin and his horrific regime, this film's attention to detail is stunning shot on super 16 film stock which has a stunning effect that genuinely looks like it was produced in the 70's. 'The Last king of Scotland' is a must see film.