Fictional thriller

Rating: 5/10 (14 October 2006)

I went to this movie hoping to learn more about Idi Amin, but there is not much to learn about him here. The movie focuses in on a paranoid, Caligula-like character. There is nothing about how he got and held on to power and practically nothing about what he stood for.
There is however lots of excitement - this is the same director who did "Touching the Void" - a completely different subject, but filled with lots of excitement and suspense. That is the only attraction in this movie.
There is lots of violence and some sex, but anyone hoping to learn any history from this film will be disappointed.