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Last King of Scotland, The
“The Last King of Scotland,” directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, is a powerful thriller that deftly mixes fact and fiction to recreate on screen the world of Uganda under the dictatorship of Idi Amin. Based on Giles Foden’s award-winning novel of the same name, it offers two unforgettable portraits: one of a charismatic but psychopathic ruler who ravaged his country and the other of a witness to history who finally finds the courage to make a stand. The film’s title is inspired by Idi Amin’s love of all things Scottish based on his personal experience soldiering alongside Scotsmen in the King’s African Rifles and his respect for the Scottish people whom he perceived as having been oppressed by the British just as Ugandans had.
When handsome Scottish physician Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), fresh out of medical school, arrives in Uganda, he’s looking for excitement, romance and the joy of helping a country that truly needs his medical skills. Shortly after his arrival, however, he’s summoned to the scene of a bizarre car accident involving the country’s newly installed leader, Idi Amin, and an unfortunate cow. He boldly takes charge of the chaotic situation and impresses Amin by his brazen forthrightness. Already obsessed with Scottish history and culture, Amin takes an instant liking to Garrigan and soon afterwards offers him an appointment as his personal physician.
Thus starts Garrigan’s bizarre odyssey into the inner circle of one of Africa’s most horrific reigns of terror. The young doctor is seduced by Amin’s charismatic personality, his ambitious plans for Uganda, and his passion for fast cars, beautiful women and glamorous parties. And as time goes on, he is seduced by his own desire for power, becoming the dictator’s confidante, consultant and right hand man. As he bears witness to increasingly unsettling events from kidnappings to assassinations to unspeakable atrocities in which he is in some ways complicit, he finds himself trapped in the moral abyss of Amin’s murderous megalomania. When he finally dares to try to stop the insanity, he winds up in a desperate fight for survival.
“The Last King of Scotland” marks the first wholly dramatic film from Oscar-winning documentarian Macdonald. His previous two films were “Touching the Void,” a breathtaking tale of mountain survival, and the Academy Award-winning “One Day in September,” that dealt with terrorism at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Like the prize-winning, fact-inspired novel upon which it’s based, “The Last King of Scotland” is a suspenseful tale of terror and survival that meshes Dr. Garrigan’s fictional moral dilemmas with shocking real life stories from Amin’s rule and follows the tradition of classic thrillers set against a real backdrop, such as “Salvador” and “Missing.” It’s a timeless story of a young man going out to seek adventure, losing himself along the way, and then finding redemption. It’s also very relevant because you see this kind of history repeating itself today.
Drawing on his documentary background and experience, Macdonald raises some provocative questions in the film, such as: How does one respond to the seductive influence of power?, Do you bend or forget your own moral code to achieve it?, and What happens to someone who starts with good intentions and ends up becoming a blood thirsty individual? What makes the film resonate is how it treats its riveting subject matter, Idi Amin, as a human being, albeit a very flawed human being, who wanted to be a visionary but who fell victim to his own delusions. It accomplishes this by exploring the fascinating and emotionally complex relationship that develops between Dr. Garrigan and Idi Amin told from the perspective of Dr. Garrigan. The script reveals the Jekyll and Hyde nature of Amin’s character and allows the audience to see both the seductive man who was loved as much as he was feared, and the angry, delusional dictator who was a dangerous madman.
Whitaker bears an uncanny resemblance to Amin and brings tremendous range and realism to his electrifying performance. He evokes Amin’s complex personality – one that is at once charming, menacing and murderous – in a very authentic way. Whitaker captures both the largeness of the character and the danger while focusing on the more human qualities of Amin’s thwarted dreams and out-of-control fears. Instead of turning Amin into a stereotype, Whitaker makes the role his own by avoiding impersonation and embodying the essence of the man to bring him to full three-dimensional life. We see Amin’s good side and his humanity as well as the unsettling aspects of him where people never know where they stand or if he is going to laugh with them or going to kill them. What makes Whitaker’s portrait of Idi Amin so effective is that he’s a mellow, gentle person on the surface so when he explodes into the more irrational Idi, it’s truly scary. Whitaker embodies all of Amin’s immense paradoxes in a phenomenal performance that is truly Oscar worthy.
In an equally impressive turn, rising young Scottish star James McAvoy plays the fun-loving and sometimes rash Dr. Garrigan who has no idea what he’s getting into when he agrees to become Amin’s personal physician. McAvoy’s character is a composite of a number of Westerners who became close to Idi Amin, including a former British soldier who was widely viewed as one of Amin’s most trusted advisors. His character is also inspired by the fact that Amin actually had a Scottish physician. McAvoy imbues his character with a youthful energy and humor that keeps the audience with him as he descends into an increasingly dark journey and goes through a huge array of emotions and situations. He appears in nearly every scene in the film and draws on his considerable skill as an actor to show how easy it is to be seduced and then to suddenly realize you’re in the middle of a very dark and dangerous situation. In a truly career-turning performance, McAvoy makes Garrigan feel like a real human being, not just the lens through which you see the story.
Garrigan is an interesting and compelling character right from the start. He is the personification of all the people who fell in love with the monster who was Idi Amin and woke up to see they had created a nightmare. Garrigan starts out wanting to see the world, to have a real adventure, and when he first starts working in Uganda in a hospital, he realizes it might not be as glamorous and exciting as he thought and he’s scared that his life will become boring. When he meets the charismatic, iconic Idi Amin, he’s intoxicated by the power that Amin represents and by extension offers him, and he allows himself to be convinced by Amin that he can indeed make a difference in the country. Garrigan naively impacts Uganda much more than he ever intended, and through his selfishness, vanity and ego, makes huge mistakes that are unintentionally destructive.
Gillian Anderson plays the mission clinic doctor’s attractive and lonely wife, Sarah, whose decency and kindness make it nearly impossible for her to face her own unmet desires. When she meets Nicholas, there are immediate sparks and a brief, romantic dalliance, but when he goes away to work for Idi Amin, she sees him in a different light. Kerry Washington portrays Kay Amin, one of the polygamous Idi Amin’s several wives, who becomes involved in an illicit and dangerous affair with Dr. Garrigan when he turns to her for solace as his world begins to fall apart. Washington’s performance is complex and compelling, and the chemistry between McAvoy and her is palpable. The supporting cast also includes Simon McBurney (Stone), David Oyelowo (Dr. Junju), Stephen Rwangyezi (Jonah Wasswa), Abby Mukiibi (Masanga), and Adam Kotz (Dr. Merrit).
“The Last King of Scotland” was shot entirely on location in Uganda and reflects the unique feel of the country with its modernist architecture from the 50s and 60s, the lush countryside, and sense of history. The technical elements are all first rate. The production team includes cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, production designer Michael Carlin, editor Justine Wright, and costume designer Michael O’Connor. Mantle gives the film a strong, gritty style that evokes contemporary thrillers despite covering events that took place in the 70s. The look of the film has a much edgier feel than what you would normally expect in a classic story about Africa. Using Steadicams and hand-held cameras rather than working with dollies and cranes, the director and cinematographer reveal an eye for detail and motion. Their free flowing style, along with the fine performances and Wright’s stellar editing, results in a very visually intense and beautiful film that captures the magic of being in the place where all this happened. Many of extras in the film actually knew Idi Amin and lived under his regime. Their presence adds a level of authenticity that would not have existed had the film been shot elsewhere.
While “The Last King of Scotland” appears on the surface to be a wonderful historical narrative about very specific historical events in Uganda, it’s really about human relationships and the consequences these events had on real people’s lives – the very intimate, personal, emotional effects of violence. What makes the story so fascinating is that nothing is black and white. Bad men don’t always do evil things and good men don’t always do good things, and the ruin of a country is a complex thing that involves both good and bad intentions.
“The Last King of Scotland” is an unforgettable tale and unconventional biopic that examines a fascinating historical figure through the eyes of a fictional character. The film is brilliantly directed, written and acted and is one of the best films of this year.
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