Directed by : Lee Tamahori
Screenplay by: Michael Thomas base on The Devil's Double by Latif Yahia
Latif Yahia a soldier in Iran-Iraq is summoned by Uday Hussein son of Saddam Hussein to be his body double because of their resemblance. Latif refuses, Uday imprisons and tortures him and threatens to kill his family. Latif has no choice but to accept the offer.
The life turns to worse for Latif as he witnesses atrocities by Uday Hussein. Killings, rapes, torture is everyday norm. Uday commits many crimes like raping a newly wedded bride, killing Sadam's personal valet in a party, raping and murdering a minor girl and then killing her father, torturing athletes for losing, etc.
How long one can live witnessing things like these without doing anything about it? Latif one day escapes. Uday asks him to comeback, Latif does come back but to assassinate Uday. But Uday survives the assassination though it makes him permanently handicapped.
Dominic Cooper as Uday / Latif is remarkable. Film is worth watching which is aired on all leading English movie channels.
Screenplay by: Michael Thomas base on The Devil's Double by Latif Yahia
Latif Yahia a soldier in Iran-Iraq is summoned by Uday Hussein son of Saddam Hussein to be his body double because of their resemblance. Latif refuses, Uday imprisons and tortures him and threatens to kill his family. Latif has no choice but to accept the offer.
The life turns to worse for Latif as he witnesses atrocities by Uday Hussein. Killings, rapes, torture is everyday norm. Uday commits many crimes like raping a newly wedded bride, killing Sadam's personal valet in a party, raping and murdering a minor girl and then killing her father, torturing athletes for losing, etc.
How long one can live witnessing things like these without doing anything about it? Latif one day escapes. Uday asks him to comeback, Latif does come back but to assassinate Uday. But Uday survives the assassination though it makes him permanently handicapped.
Dominic Cooper as Uday / Latif is remarkable. Film is worth watching which is aired on all leading English movie channels.
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