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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin

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The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
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1hr 41min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1981
Directors:
Richard Fleischer, Sharad Patel
Starring:
Thomas Baptiste, Geoffrey Keen, Louis Mahoney  ...more
Synopsis: While Idi Umin Dada terrorized Uganda with a barbaric, 8-year, depotic rule, he portrayed himself to the world at large as a fat buffoon, albeit in military garb. How the press corps managed to perpetuate that image in the face of his army's rampage against an estimated 500,000 Ugandan victims of murder, torture, and imprisonment is unfathomable. This historical docudrama relates how Imin came to power, and does not spare the audience when it comes to exposing his barbarisms (dismembering his wife's ... Full Synopsis
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Donald Guarisco, AMG Review
This quickie exploitation take on the crimes of infamous despot Idi Amin is tacky and insensitive in the extreme. In true exploitation film style, Amin: The Rise and Fall is a grisly catalog of carnage that moves at breakneck speed. The script never allows the viewer insight into what drives Amin nor does it provide a worthwhile heroic presence for him to lock horns with. However, it does offer up ... Full Review
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