Fantastic movie, but definitely could have been improved.

Forest Whitaker is the name synonymous with this movie, and rightly so. His performance is up there with some of the best acting performances ever. He gives a Godfather-like heroic feel to the the leader at the start, before devolving into a crazy, horrifying psychopath.He managed to do what all great actors do, make you forget that it is acting. McAvoy did well, and probably deserved an Oscar nomination, seeing as the character he played was supposed to be a bit annoying but I think people just saw James to be annoying. The camera shot just before the assassination attempt when Amin is talking to James about how touched he is, is such a good shot I have the poster of it hanging in my room.

Yet I had a few issues, when watching the endingI couldn't help thinking how much better it could have been put together. Amin's men could have found out he was gone earlier, and the fact that James was already on the plane when the were still searching for him inside made an anticlimax. Also, the medical centre back in the countryside that he was originally assigned to, what happened there in the midst of the mass genocide? Not even a peek at what it was like? Same goes to the married woman he was chatting up, Sarah, that seemed to hit a dead end as soon as it was made.

Other than that, a fantastic movie. Film Four and Scottish screen made excellent choices in backing this movie. As is gives insight to the little known mass genocide from a position in deep turmoil.