rodrig58
"You are what you eat", there is an old saying. And if you did not know yet, the dictator Idi Amin Dada, who led Uganda between 1971 and 1979, sometimes was eating human flesh, not just snake. During his reign there was rumours of him eating his military rivals but once when he asked if he was a cannibal, he replied: "I don't like human flesh - it's too salty for me." At a typical banquet hosted by Idi Amin, the Ugandan president would serve bee larvae, green bush crickets, cicadas, flying ants and locusts. All this, we do not see in the film. We see instead how he eliminated his political rivals, how he raped women and killed some of his wives and how, ultimately, invaded neighboring Tanzania, which has entailed his loss of power and exile. He wasn't executed, like almost all the other dictators of the world, never repented, and lived reasonably well in Saudi Arabia, where he received asylum and died in 2003. The film is very well done and interpreted. Joseph Olita is perfect as Idi Amin. Geoffrey Keen, who was the Minister of Defence in "The Spy Who Loved Me"(1977), "Moonraker"(1979), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981), "Octopussy" (1983), "A View to a Kill"(1985) and "The Living Daylights"(1987), is playing here the British Ambassador. This is the only film directed by Sharad Patel until now.
haythalk
After watching 'The Last King of Scotland' last year, I became quite interested in finding out more about the madman that was Amin. I soon discovered that they had made a film in the early 80's and managed to watch a trailer on youtube. I immediately thought this would be a great movie to watch - not necessarily because it was well-acted or directed - but because it had that cheesy,crappy quality..so crap it's good sort of thing!So finally - and thanks to the wonders of youtube, i managed to watch the movie. It certainly lived up to my expectations. The movie does accurately portray the timeline of his regime and certainly gives you a sense of the terrible conditions people had to endure under his rule. When Amin appears on screen, he just seems to do one terrible thing after another - the movie does seem to be strung together by scene after scene of Amin shouting maniacally about cutting heads off/kicking out asians/shooting the archbishop/liking Hitler/eating human flesh etc etc...all makes for entertaining viewing I have to say..but then you have to bare in mind that this tyrant was real..so we must never forget that. Some notable quotes "No-one mess with Big Daddy!" "This is what happen to bad mommies" "i Like Hitler,i put statue of him in kampala" "i am sex champion" "for an African,you have gone very white!" "you call uganda money sh*t money!"In summary, definitely an exploitation film BUT does portray the man as the evil villain he was.
gonzofilms
I saw this movie when I was 17. Now I am 34 and through the wonder of the internet, I have finally obtained a video copy. This movie is a movie that leaves a lasting impression, of just what a madman Amin really was. Olita does a memorable, if not comparable role to Amin. It shows what happens when a war monger takes command of a tiny 3rd world country. You better like this film or else...."this is what happens to bad mommies!!""THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!"
