Sledgehammer symbolism
Kind of spoilt the film for me a bit.
Nic has blood on his hands, literally, when he touches a box in the aircraft hanger, to underline his first big moment of complicity.
He's getting out of his depth... cut to shot of him alone in a swimming pool in the rain.
Amin draws him in like a moth to a flame... cut to shots of moths against the sunset (repeatedly).
Things finally get out of his control – sudden switch to handheld camera with shake and swoops.
Amin says he IS Uganda and gives Nic a sinister embrace... Nic is dwarfed as Amin's body fills the screen in a closeup, symbolically growing to the size of the country.
Nic rushes too late to try to perform the abortion... cut to a shot of a stork flying off!!!
In the airport, Nic is thrown to the floor with shelves of cheapo-label Scotch whisky behind him, while Amin has an idealised holiday-poster image of a utoptian Uganda behind him.
Then Nic literally flies off into the sunset leaving the mess behind!!!
ALRIGHT ALREADY, WE GET IT MR MACDONALD!