Africa as backdrop again.

Rating: Null/10 (12 October 2006)

O.k. Amin might not be a roll model for Uganda, but still the story is not Ugandan story, may be Uganda's backdrop.
1.Let's start with the music... Hm I guess Africa is not a continent but a big village for most of none "Africans." Have some sense to use a music from Uganda, 98% of the music is from West Africa... mostly from Ghana in 70"s. Hey but it's "African" what does it matter? It matters because Africa is as divers as Asia.
2. Why is Africa is used as a backdrop? Why can the Africans participate in the film as main characters vs servant or clues? Why is always Africans saved or attempt to be rescued by Europeans? 3. The plot is week. A young European man for no reason comes to Uganda and sleeps with Amin's wife. No back-story or justification for Amins character, in fact no POV of Amin. It would have been a better film.
4. The acting is believable, but the story is just to shallow.
5. The cinematography is distractive, it looked like they run out of budget or "its African look" kind of mentality. Africa is not a "strange" place and it deserves a better exposure.
I can go on for days about this film, but there is no point. I would highly recommend the documentary film about Amin from the criterion collection, rent it it's great.
For people who want to see "The last king of Scotland" I would to wait and see it on DVD, may be the filmmakers commentary will tell as what's the point of making this film, is it for the back drop of Africa? I will give four stars for trying to make a film.