The Uday portrayed here was one sick puppy!

This movie was on some (lame) list of "most horrific movies" and stood tall next to such movies as A Serbian Film, Cannibal Holocaust and others. I expected some Darfur shit in this film AT LEAST but alas... Nothing as such. A few minor torture scenes that you could see in a Mission Impossible movie. The mere fact this story is true doesn't make it a "disturbing movie". The only true disturbing thing was the awful face CGI they used in the club. So disturbing I had to rewind three times to make sure it actually happened.Although an interesting pseudo history lesson the movie itself is quite bland and longwinded.

I was very impressed with Dominic Cooper's performances and the central premise was compelling enough, especially given it's alleged basis in truth. Unfortunately, the movie goes off the rails in the final act, with a ridiculous (and sometimes puzzling) sequence that reeks of Hollywood embellishment. On top of that, the filmmaking suffers from some likely-intentional but still cheap feeling color grading and editing.

I like Dominic Cooper acting, he captured Uday personality to a great extent. But as Iraqi who lived in Jordan , filming Jordanian locations to be stand in for iraq always takes me off. Jordan is very different than iraq geographically, and on top of that they showed some Amman landmarks as if they are Iraqi. And the whole story is bogus, not a single source came forward to corroborate his story even 20 years after sadam and uday death. Yet the movie done a good job of weaving some true events into this fictional story.

Don't believe RT ratings. This is a good movie!