In the movie, Nicholas, a young doctor from Scotland, heard the speech of Amin, who had just successfully seized power in a coup, and was deeply shocked and attracted. Later, by chance, he cured Amin's hand disease and became Amin. Ming's personal doctor, and thus entered the life of this brutal dictator. The first half of the movie has been about the close relationship between Nicholas and Amin, and Nicholas gradually became Amin's confidant. In the first half, Nicholas, like everyone else, was deceived by Amin, or was deeply attracted by him, and even defended him. However, the crisis happened at this time - one of Nicholas and Amin Wife cheating also led to her pregnancy. Of course Amin knew about the two of them, and then exposed his true colors and executed the two cheaters - his wife was dismembered, and his personal doctor, Nicholas, hung him with a hook through his chest. Think about it, if Amin can hurt his closest people, how can other people get a little sympathy from him?
The film shows the most brutal president of Uganda and even Africa from the perspective of Nicholas, and the story is very good. But even more impressive was the performance of Forest Whitaker. I have two scenes that I remember very clearly: one is when Amin stood in the middle of the crowd giving a speech at the beginning of the movie, and when I heard "together, we will make this country better", I was deeply shocked and attracted. The second is that at the end of the movie, when Amin sees Nicholas on a plane leaving Uganda, his cheek is drawn out, and this scene keeps repeating in my mind. I don't know if Whittaker did it on purpose or a natural reaction, but I personally think it's a stroke of genius.
Amin, the most brutal president of Uganda (1971-1978), died in Saudi Arabia in 2003. This film is also a review of his life and a wake-up call to the world. Generally, leaders who come to power through a military coup are not good leaders, and of course they will not end well.
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