Horribly unintelligent and ludicrous film.

Rating: 1/10 (6 January 2009)

Caution Spoilers ahead!!!It is amazing to me that this film got such great reviews.It's nothing but a bad thriller.Although i do agree that Forest Whittaker's performance was excellent,it was not enough to save this shallow film. The sheer stupidity of the Dr.Garrigan character left me with a sour taste in my mouth. The fact that Dr.Garrigin could be so oblivious to what was going on around him is positively laughable and an insult to the intelligence of the audience.Throughout the film he keeps defending Amin even after he is presented with mountains of clues to what he is really all about. The fact that the writers and director expect the audience to believe that someone who is a medical doctor could be so stupid is ludicrous and quite frankly very insulting. I was particularly bothered by the party scene when Dr Garrigin has sex with Amin's mistress while he is in the next room partying.I actually found this scene comedic.The fact that they do this in the room right next to him in order to give the scene forced dramatic tension is a really pathetic cliché.This is about the point of the movie where it veers off into cheesy chase-thriller territory.It's goes straight downhill from there.Anyone who enjoyed this movie really needs to read something factual about the tragedies in Uganda as this film is an insult to those who died under Amin's tyranny. I am usually not one to complain about continuity errors as all movies have them, but i found one in this film hard to ignore.The scene in the airport when Amin is torturing Garragin there is a giant plasma screen in the background in the airport.How this made it's way into the film is beyond me.Sheer laziness on the part of the filmmakers would be my guess.The amount of positive reviews of this movie is a perfect example of how ignorant people are of history and how much films are dumbed-down for the audience in modern cinema.