The Devil's Stand-in( 2011
Director: Lee Tamahori
Writers: Michael Thomas
Starring: Dominic Cooper / Ludwin Senier
Douban 7.9 IMDb 7.2
"Devil's Stand-in" first of all in the story, has a unique temperament, it tells the "devil" is an unpopular character Udai, but the topic of discussion, the story background is very hot, Saddam, stand-in, the United States these three keywords make this movie a selling point.
Although the story revolves around Saddam's shameless son Udai and Udai's stand-in Latif, its political sensitivity is still not low, such as the opening film of Udai's "stand-in" theory, which is enough to make the audience stunned, in the end we see that the so-called political death row inmates are true or false, the public figures we see every day are true or false, is Saddam Really dead? Is bin Laden really dead? None of these questions can give definitive answers.
But what is certain is that Obama's stand-in is Butler, and Clinton's stand-in is more than five, but each of them and their stand-in is not enough to make a big fuss.
On the contrary, the story of Uday and his stand-in, let a righteous man be a substitute for the devil, let the Buddha disguise himself as Satan, this is the biggest attraction of "The Devil's Stand-in".
The film is based on a true story from the real life of Latif Yahi'ai.
Ratif Yahi'ai was a soldier in the Iraqi army during Saddam Hussein's administration, but he was chosen as a stand-in for Saddam Hussein's eldest son, Udai Hussein.
First it was a facelift, and then it was followed by Uzai to imitate his every move. It was this kind of following that allowed him to witness the devilish and absurd life of Udai.
As his family's life was directly threatened, Latif had to give up his former identity forever, and in order to play more realistically, constantly imitating the way the real Udai walked and spoke.
But when he really saw the black prince's crazy life full of drugs, speeding cars, women, and impulsive violence, he was still completely stunned by what he saw, and if he took a wrong step, he would probably pay the price of his life.
Latif carefully forged an intimate connection with Ude's most seductive mistress, Serab, a beautiful woman who was also torn over some of her own secrets.
But as the imminent and imperative war with Kuwait draws near, and Udai's overly depraved and evil mob regime threatens to destroy them all, Latif realizes that he must flee this gilded devil's cave, even if he has to pay an unimaginable price for it.
In the film, the dictator's eldest son, who has nothing to do all day, except to drink and hold a party is to chase beautiful girls on the streets of Baghdad in a sports car, possess them, and then kill them in the wilderness after they are tired of playing.
He has also been described as having severe Oedipal tendencies. Often crazy or even crazy yelling, but timid as a rat, the slightest appearance of the thing must be done in place.
Uday and his family lived a life of splurge, and his daily life seemed to consist only of women, women, and women. Eventually, he was also seriously injured by the Assassins for looking for flowers in the street.
We can't know the real state of life of saddam's family, but I can imagine the extravagance of being a dictator. Through the creation of this film by Western directors, at least partially restore their emperor-like life.
This film has no limit on the scale, L body (even L body party), strong J, killing everything; The commercial characteristics are also fully reflected, the character portrayal, film color, etc. are not lost, and business and art can be well combined. At the same time, the peeping and exposing of the life of the dictator is also the film's best commercial gimmick.
The lead actor of this film plays two roles, which can not only interpret the absurdity and madness of Wudai, but also interpret the sense of justice and bravery of the stand-in to the fullest, which cannot but be said to be the embodiment of acting skills.