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The Last King of Scotland (2006) is a fantastic and intense depiction of real-life and brutal Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin’s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

Without question, Forest Whitaker is one of my favorite all-time actors, and this film serves as his seminal work with memorable presence he creates for the wildely-feared Amin. Also impressive are  James McAvoy as Amin's physician and Kerry Washington, whose career has been on the ascent ever since. 

Dictatorships in Africa, not to mention landlocked countries in East Africa such as Uganda, is a topic we do not see much of on the big screen in America. And this film is up to the task of making that topic gripping, entertaining, informative, and moving.