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While in Uganda on a medical mission, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) becomes the personal physician and close confidante of dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Although at first Dr. Garrigan feels flattered by his new position of power, he soon comes to realize that Amin's rule is soaked in blood, and that he is complicit in the atrocities. Garrigan faces the fight of his life as he tries to escape Amin's grasp.

2006 · 2h 2m
  • 87%
  • 17+
Director Kevin MacDonald

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While in Uganda on a medical mission, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) becomes the personal physician and close confidante of dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Although at first Dr. Garrigan feels flattered by his new position of power, he soon comes to realize that Amin's rule is soaked in blood, and that he is complicit in the atrocities. Garrigan faces the fight of his life as he tries to escape Amin's grasp.

COMMON SENSE

Brutal look at the consequences of absolute power. No kids.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.6
Reviews 182
Fresh 158
Rotten 24

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Studio
Fox Searchlight
Released
2006
Run Time
2 hr 2 min
Rated
R
Content Advisories
Language, Sexual Content, Suggestive Dialogue, Violence
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom, Germany
© 2006 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), Swahili
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC), Arabic , Danish , Finnish , Hindi , Korean , Norwegian , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.