Pit stop for white liberal guilt and neocolonial pillaging
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
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Reviews Counted:177
Fresh:154
Rotten:23
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Forest Whitaker's performance as real-life megalomaniac dictator Idi Amin powers this fictionalized political thriller, a blunt and brutal tale about power and corruption.
Theatrical Release: Sep 27, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $17.4M
Synopsis: In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric... [More]
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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