Pretty clichéd and uninspired (there were at least three character-gives-an-agonised-middle-distance-stare-while-past-events-dissolve-over-the-screen sequences to demonstrate personal conflict), but Uganda under Idi Amin is such a compelling story that it would be pretty difficult to bollocks it up completely.
Forest Whitaker portrays the prototypical African dictator with charm and personality, showing a side of him completely different to the Western caricature. He's brilliant at playing characters who one would expect to be played as unflinchingly brutal in any other movie or TV show situation, such as a burglar whose conscience got the better of him (Panic Room) or an Internal Affairs investigator who swings from childlike friendliness to explosive rage (The Shield).
