If you’ve never seen the movie, “The Devils Double”, you
should. It’s such a great movie. It first released last year in the 2011
Sundance film festival and then later released to select theathers in the
United States on July 9th. The movie is a biographical film so it’s
based on a true story. It’s about a solider for the Iraqi army named Latif
Yahia. Latif get’s called in to the house of Uday Hussein (Saddam Hussein’s
son) because Uday believes that they look so much alike that he wants Latif to
become his double. A double is basically like a clone of the first person.
They’re used so if an assignation attempt happens, it’ll only kill the double
instead of the real one. Also it helps for making many appearances at many
different places quickly. Latif tries to refuse, because accepting the offer
would mean he would have to throw away his entire life. He wouldn’t even be
able to tell his family what’s happening to him. They would just have to think
that he died. But Uday, always having to get what he wants, does not take no
for an answer and basically kidnaps Latif, and beats him until he agree’s to do
so. Now at first, I couldn’t of been that bad, considering to really be somones
double, they have to life the life of the real thing. So Latif, who last week was
a poor solider, is now living the life of extreme wealth and luxuries. It’s not
untill a little later when Latif realizes the true sadistic nature inside Uday
when he see’s Uday kidnap a 14 year old school girl off the street, in broad
daylight infront of everyone. He kidnapped her so she could escort him to a
party that night. While at the party, Uday get’s even crazier, when he guts one
of his fathers most trusted workers with a electric cutting knife in front of
all the guests, because he called Uday a “fag”. The movie pretty much goes on
like that for a bit, till Latif runs away. More stuff happens after he runs but
I wouldn’t want to ruin the very amazing ending for those who never seen it.
But what I liked most about the movie, was the acting. Both Uday and Latif were
played by the same person, Dominic Cooper. The difference between the two of
them are like day an night. While Uday, he’s a sadistic lunatic mad with power
(from his dad) but while Latif, he’s smart, calm, has integrity, as he’s often
offered by Uday to either kill someone of offered some girls (not by there
consent) but he always refuses. It’s really an amazing movie and if you never
seen it you should!
That sounds like a pretty interesting movie. I never seen or heard of it but by the sounds of it, it sounds like a movie worth the watch. I do like the idea of an actor playing two main roles which are complete opposites of each other.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a really interesting movie. Hopefully it's on netflix...
ReplyDeleteIt is on Netflix, totally gunna watch it
ReplyDeleteIt does sound like a good movie and I would totally like to watch it, but doesn't anyone else think that the whole "find someone else that looks like you to take your place is a little overused"
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