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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This story that was necessary to tell was told well. I remember both Gulf wars. I remember the atrocities told about Saddam's son, Uday Hussein. Seeing them re-enacted is another thing.I didn't recognize Dominic Cooper from the only other vehicle in which I saw him, Fleming. He was superb then. He was better here, playing these two roles.He showed evil when he portrayed Uday Hussein.He showed compassion and turmoil when he portrayed the double, Latif Yahia.I await the coming release (2017?) of the sequel, The Devil's Revenge, again based on a book by Latif Yahia, but this time also co-screenwriter.

I had high expectations of this one, but they were dashed when I noticed that the director was Lee Tamahori, the man responsible for creating the cheesiest Bond film ever made (DIE ANOTHER DAY). THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE does look promising on paper, telling an unusual story in an unusual setting, but unfortunately the execution is sub-par and the whole thing turns out to be a waste of time.The story features lead actor Dominic Cooper playing two separate roles. One is as the egomaniac son of Saddam Hussein, the other his bodyguard and (conveniently) exact double. Unfortunately, neither character is very interesting; the bodyguard is a dull, wooden type of character, and Saddam's son is a psycho. Characterisation is limited to those two points and we never learn more from beginning to end.The script is very poor, failing to bring gravitas or depth to the storyline. We learn that Uday (Saddam's son) is a psycho at the outset, and that his double despises him for his actions, but that whole premise is dragged out for an hour and a half with repetitive sequences that are mere variations on what's come previously. Sure, there are moments of greatness - usually the flashes of unflinching violence, both sexual and physical - but the viewer never feels embroiled in the tale, and the ending is a particular letdown. Sad to say but THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE is a poor man's SCARFACE and ultimately a shallow, one-dimensional experience.

I'm a big fan of Dominic Cooper, but he's not enough to save this truly bizarre and puerile film.The film starts off with Uday hiring a doppleganger of himself (Latif), to pass off as him publicly. Latif, hasn't really a choice, and is portrayed as having some morals, Uday is portrayed as a millionaire playboy, who is a murdering brute who gets off on violence, sodomy and rape. His only redeeming quality is his penchant for 80s British synth pop (?).The film becomes increasingly outlandish. If it were a true story, then this could have been quite fascinating. I learnt nothing, and by the end had tuned out. It reminded me of the last king of Scotland, which I didn't enjoy either.I thought it were unnecessary for Cooper to play both the leads. It felt unbelievable as both characters appeared unrealistically identical.I knew nothing of the back story of Uday, a quick glance at Wikipedia describes him as quite the devil. That much the film gets right. There's some artistic license used at the end of the movie.

I recorded this off the TV not expecting much and got round to watching it yesterday. Wow! I was not expecting this! This is certainly not for the faint-hearted mind. Dominic Cooper is mesmerising in his roles here and I don't think I was the only one that could not believe, on the film ending, that he actually played both roles...brilliant performance. And when I actually found out that most of this is based on the truth or certainly near to it that made it even better for me.Its fascinating because although the dialogue is all English, it doesn't feel like a US/UK film at all. I think they did the right thing in doing the dialogue all in English overall even though doing it in the native language/dialect would have been interesting as well.If you like The Godfather, Scarface, gangster films but want to see a bit of reality as well give this film a go. I have just ordered the Blu-ray so I can watch and hear it in HD which Im sure will make it even better. Its not one of my favourite films but its a solid 8/10 no problem and that makes it a buy for me.