The Devil's Double (Blu-ray) R
The 80's were brilliant, if you were in charge.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 22, 2011
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier & Philip Quast | |
Performer: | Stewart Scudamore | |
Directed by | Lee Tamahori | |
Screenwriting by | Michael Thomas | |
Composition by | Christian Henson | |
Director of Photography: | Sam McCurdy |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
This rambunctious romp is not for the faint-hearted but it is packed with over-the-top lines to quote for weeks after.
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The List
Rating: 2/5 --
This is an over-the-top gangster flick that starts with the volume turned up to 11 and stays that way. It's never boring, but revels in the bad behaviour it pretends to condemn, and is too much on one note to be much good.
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Daily Mail (UK)
Rating: 3/5 --
This isn't exactly a complex study of Iraqi history, but director Lee Tamahori punches it across, and the Stalinesque use of doubles in Iraq is interesting.
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Guardian
Rating: 3/5 --
A better film would undoubtedly have been a quieter, more reflective one, less tempted by Grand Guignol. But it is very watchable...
London Evening Standard
Equally as offensive as the movie's smorgasbord of smut and violence is the lingering whiff of colonial-era orientalism, a Western predilection for regarding Eastern cultures as innately idle, lascivious, irrational, and thus ripe for intervention.
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Chicago Reader
A truly satisfying resolution is slightly out of reach when there's less room to play fast and loose with accuracy, yet there's no denying that this was one historical footnote well worth exploiting.
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Moveable Fest
Despite numerous pluses - Lee Tamahori's vigorous direction, handsome cinematography, outstanding production design, an impressive dual performance by Dominic Cooper as Uday and Latif - the film is more wearying than entertaining.
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Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
Dominic Cooper (AN EDUCATION) headlines director Lee Tamahori's fact-based docudrama centering on the nightmarish experiences of an Iraqi army lieutenant whose life became a living hell after he was hand-selected to be a "fiday" (body double) for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's ruthless son Uday. Baghdad, 1987: Iraqi soldier Latif Yahia (Cooper) becomes privy to the inner workings of the royal family after receiving an offer he can't refuse. Desperate to protect his family and terrified of making any fatal missteps, Latif studies Uday's every personal tick in order to become the spitting image of the so-called "Black Prince." While some Iraqis might have been honored to be presented with such a unique opportunity, Uday's unparalleled sadism and debauched lifestyle quickly began to eat away at the very core of Latif's soul. As war with Kuwait looms on the horizon, Latif finds himself increasingly drawn to Uday's ravishing mistress Sarrab (Ludivine Sagnier), a woman with her own terrifying tales to tell about time spent with Iraq's cruelest son.
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- Sales Rank: 84,894
- UPC: 031398145936
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