Who: Jaclyn
What: The Last King of Scotland
Where: Home
Why: Netflix
I had never heard of this movie before but my friends swear by any and all things James McAvoy so into the Netflix queue it went.
It starts off in 1970 and is based on true events in Uganda. James McAvoy plays a doctor (Dr. Nicholas) who decides to get out of Scotland and travel to a place he pin points on a globe, which turns out to be Uganda. He ends up helping villagers and falling in love with another doctor's wife, which quickly fizzles when she turns him down.
The President of Uganda comes to speak to the people and then later requires the help of Dr. Nicholas when he has an accident and hurts his hand. Impressed by the way the doctor handled the situation, the President offers him to be his personal physician. At first, Dr. Nicholas says no but eventually takes the position...and in turn is his closest advisor as well.
The longer the doctor is with the president, he starts to see his dark side. Turns out, the president is an evil dictator who has thousands of people murdered. Including one of his wives that the doctor ended up sleeping with. (That was a gruesome scene).
Overall, it was an interesting movie but just a bit too long and bloody.
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Is James McSomething the same guy from Wanted?
Sounds like I should just see that one grusome scene, then call it a day. If you say it's too long, then I'm sure it's 5X too long for my patience.
Yep, he was the main dude in Wanted.
Spoiler Alert: The gross scene is a woman who's lying on a table, her arms and legs removed and rearranged so that her arms are where her legs should be and vice versa.
Ewwwwww!
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