videorama-759-859391 Many years before seeing Forest, we had this actor, Olita, very good, although at times, when playing this notorious beast of an evil African dictator, his words seem stilted, as though, he isn't quite sure his lines are hundred percent down. Regardless of that, he generates a truly scary portrayal of this monster, responsible for the deaths, via execution style, of over 500 000 people, including some paul pry reporters, sticking their noses in too deep. He even humps an underage girl, first telling his boy, discreetly to get out of the car. Olita truly gets the character, and this no holds barred film doesn't hold back on it's brutality, with it's shocking scenes of violence, some of Bit, real in your face stuff. Amin (aka: big daddy), also kept some of his trophies in the same place, Patrick Bateman did. My probs with the film, although I really did enjoy it (another addictive 80's pleasure) was it's rush of story from the get go, where rather what comes off, is a sleazy 80's cheese version, where instead a lot of shock scenes and some sleazy ones have been put in. Not that they don't have merit, or aren't visibly affecting. Good movies, in my opinion, just don't form, from being applied this way or taking this attitude. All that aside, it is still a compelling and recommended watch, especially if you like sleaze and violence.

RyuKenya Most people watching this would think that they are watching a comedy. Yes, the movie is thoroughly entertaining but the reality is that, IT is historically accurate. Olita did an absolutely good job in portraying Madman Amin to the hilt. There is absolutely nothing inaccurate. -Amin used to keep the heads of his opposer's in his refrigerator, -Amin bestowed the highest medal to his son Mwanga, -His three wives disappeared and Kay was found murdered with her hands and legs chopped off, -Amin entered the rally and every one was forbidden to overtake him even when he would stop to reap his wild oats. -Amin was a cannibal -Amin used humor to cover his atrocities.. amongst a few others.This movie deserves more credit than given to it. It narrates the story of a man who thought that printing more money would make his country richer. I give this movie 10/10. Amin, "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Alhaji Dr. Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular." (true title) was a true madman that did not deserve any display of intelligence that other movies accredit him.Must see..

Michael A. Martinez Really, having always been a big history buff I've long been fascinated by Idi Amin, quite possibly one of the strangest figures of the 20th century; a common criminal, a ruthless dictator, a murderer of millions, and a really flat-out insane yet lovably charming idiotic megalomaniac. This movie had been on my radar for years but was just too hard to find. However I must say "thank you very much" to the wonderful world of grindhouse cinema for finally making this film available to me.Just watching the first 2 minutes I already knew this movie was going to be good. However, I just did not expect it to be so funny. Amin's atrocities are played up to maximum effect of the time, but in a way so dated, low-budget, and trying-to-be-serious that it slingshots its way into morbid hilarity. Exacerbating this is the pacing, which never stops to worry about things like "character development" or "plot" but just zips along from horror to horror filling in the vague historical details with lots of violence and lurid sex thrown in for good measure.AMIN: RISE AND FALL is certainly not perfect. It's cheap and rather flatly directed but the cinematography and editing are certainly serviceable. Acting is literally all over the map with a lot of the extras just goofing around (check out the Amin supporter who he awards the Indian shop to) and a lot of others really trying hard to make this thing a powerful event picture. Mismatched stock footage and strangeness abound, but it all sort of fits in with the goofy grindhouse exploitation experience of the whole thing.The actor portraying Amin does it with such gusto that it's hard to remember you're not watching a cartoon character but actually a realistic portrayal of a historical madman. It makes the experience of watching this film even more emotionally complex, realizing all this insanity actually happened, hundreds of thousands of innocent people died, and the economy of the country was ruined all on account of this lunatic. To top it all off he totally got away with it all and escaped to live out his days as a wealthy man in Saudi Arabia! What's just mind-boggling is that so many others just stood around and partook in the madness. What were those crookedly complicit Ugandan generals all thinking when he started awarding medals to his six-year-old son or ordering bombs to be dropped next to his own wedding? AMIN: RISE AND FALL is sleazy as all hell but certainly no disappointment for fans of this sort of thing. It would fit in well on a double or triple bill with Africa ADDIO or GOODBYE UNCLE TOM.

gormanster I watched this film a while ago now, and to me it plays more like an 80's action film than a genuine historical account of what went on during Amin's reign in Uganda. It's the way the film was paced, that leads a viewer to this impression. The film focuses only on Amin's reign in Uganda and not his early life, or how he came to be one of the worst dictators in history.However, I will say this, Joseph Olita, the actor who is playing Amin is very, very believable as the dictator. He steals every scene he is in, because of his remarkable physical resemblance to Amin. The scene where he orders the group of school children to observe the aftermath of the execution of one of his wives is a prime example of the genuine air of menace than Olita manages to convey.The film also captures much of the madness that was Amin. Whether he is awarding his young son Uganda's highest military Honor's, or consulting a witch doctor to determine who is plotting against him and then ordering the massacre of several tribes based on such advice is hard to fathom happening in the real world; but of course all available evidence said it did.So in summary, I guess this film is best enjoyed as an account of some of the horrors that took place in Uganda during Amin's reign. It doesn't provide any real insight in Amin, but that's not necessary a bad thing. Any insights into why Amin did what he did must be inferred because of the craziness of this man, and this film does a fairly good job of capturing some of that craziness.