The Last King of Scotland, Story of a Monster

The movie Last King of Scotland took me from the small Rosendale Theater thousands of miles and years back in time to Uganda. While the movie is very loosely based on fact it was a great watch and no one can doubt the tragedies that befell Uganda’ s hell during the eight year rule of Idi Amin. The story revolves around a young and naive Scottish Doctor that ends up in the dictator’s inner circle, “hell hath no fury like a dictator scorned”.

Forrest Whitaker plays Idi amazingly and real up close, the man is an amazing actor. Playing the doctor was a face I haven’t seen before but I am willing to bet that I will again. James McAvoy played the role of Nicholas Garrigan stunningly. Sadly missing are more of the facts of the sad state of life for the Ugandans. The movie however held me and was well filmed.