'The Last King of Scotland'

A frightening film. We saw it tonight. Captures the reign of Idi Amin in Uganda from 1970. An incredibly charismatic man who becomes increasingly beset by the paranoid mistrust of others.

Being the Christian minister type, I found the movie showed the human situation quite profoundly.

• the young man seeking to do good in an African country
• young man becomes (already is!) amoral and follows the 'best offer' he can get sexually and professionally (he is a doctor)
• young man taken in by the intensely charismatic leader
• young man denies the cracks that appear in the charismatic leader's charm (ie disappearances of charismatic man's enemies and staff)
• young man realises he is in too deep with charismatic leader but can't escape...
• ...yet still does the amoral thing (sleeps with the charismatic ruler's wife)
• young man just gets out alive through the incredible willing sacrifice of a Ugandan co-worker. The co-worker helps the young man escape Uganda knowing he will be killed for doing so.

A very well-made and harrowing film portraying the frightening regime of Idi Amin. Also portraying the stark rawness of sin. Go see it.