Should have been.....MUCH.....Better

Rating: 4/10 (19 August 2012)

Forest Whitaker won an Oscar in 2006 for his portrayal of Idi Amin...the Ugandan President and butcher who killed around 400,000 of his own people. I think Mr. Whitaker was lucky to win (it was not a vintage year for acting). He never really comes to grips with the pure evil of Amin. Its a bit like Will Smith ..when he played Mohammed Ali..simply not good enough. James McAvoy does a good job as the naive Scottish Doctor who goes to Uganda for some fun, and finds a nightmarish "Political system". This movie could easily have been made in 1976...as it bumbles along without the necessary tensions required for this type of material. Its strictly a "one watch" movie.