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Based on a gripping, unbelievable true story of money, power and opulent decadence, The Devil's Double takes a white-knuckle ride deep into the lawless playground of excess and violence known as Baghdad, 1987.
Summoned from the frontline to Saddam Hussein's palace, Iraqi army lieutenant Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper) is thrust into the highest echelons of the "royal family" when he’s ordered to become the ‘fiday’ – or body double – to Saddam's son, the notorious "Black Prince" Uday Hussein (also Dominic Cooper), a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality. With his and his family’s lives at stake, Latif must surrender his former self forever as he learns to walk, talk and act like Uday. But nothing could have prepared him for the horror of the Black Prince’s psychotic, drug-addled life of fast cars, easy women and impulsive violence. With one wrong move costing him his life, Latif forges an intimate bond with Sarrab (Ludivine Sagnier), Uday's seductive mistress who’s haunted by her own secrets. But as war looms with Kuwait and Uday’s depraved gangster regime threatens to destroy them all, Latif realises that escape from the devil‘s den will only come at the highest possible cost.
Featuring a riveting double performance by Dominic Cooper (An Education, Mamma Mia) in the roles of Latif Yahia and Uday Hussein, The Devil's Double is a dynamic, chilling adaptation of Latif Yahia’s autobiographical novel, charting one man’s defiant struggle to survive a viper's pit of corruption and brutality. The film is directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, XXX: State of the Union) and written by Michael Thomas (Backbeat, Scandal).
Summoned from the frontline to Saddam Hussein's palace, Iraqi army lieutenant Latif Yahia (Dominic Cooper) is thrust into the highest echelons of the "royal family" when he’s ordered to become the ‘fiday’ – or body double – to Saddam's son, the notorious "Black Prince" Uday Hussein (also Dominic Cooper), a reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality. With his and his family’s lives at stake, Latif must surrender his former self forever as he learns to walk, talk and act like Uday. But nothing could have prepared him for the horror of the Black Prince’s psychotic, drug-addled life of fast cars, easy women and impulsive violence. With one wrong move costing him his life, Latif forges an intimate bond with Sarrab (Ludivine Sagnier), Uday's seductive mistress who’s haunted by her own secrets. But as war looms with Kuwait and Uday’s depraved gangster regime threatens to destroy them all, Latif realises that escape from the devil‘s den will only come at the highest possible cost.
Featuring a riveting double performance by Dominic Cooper (An Education, Mamma Mia) in the roles of Latif Yahia and Uday Hussein, The Devil's Double is a dynamic, chilling adaptation of Latif Yahia’s autobiographical novel, charting one man’s defiant struggle to survive a viper's pit of corruption and brutality. The film is directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, XXX: State of the Union) and written by Michael Thomas (Backbeat, Scandal).
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Devil's Double is the story of the fedai (body double) of Udai Hussein. Set in the late 80's to early 90's - Latif (Dominic Cooper - The History Boys) is chosen as the best and coerced into a life of living as Udai's brother. Surrounded by the extravagant palaces and trappings of wealth afforded to Udai, he sees the sickening hypocrisy in the dictator's oil-rich Iraq as Udai parties with prostitutes and dabbles in drink & drugs. He has an unbelievable air of entitlement; as he snatches schoolgirls off the street to have his way with and makes his double, Latif, deal with the unpleasant side of compensating & placating the parents of his victims... Will Latif ever manage to escape this life of servitude?
The Devil's Double is an extremely interesting film that is quite unlike anything being released at the moment. It's portrayal of Udai is questionable but questionable veracity aside; Cooper's performance is fantastic as he alternates between the highly-strung playboy Udai and the more tolerant & benevolent Latif with seeming ease. The CGI is decent, with only a couple of scenes with the both of them on screen being dubious. Cooper is supported by a worthy cast, including the love interest Sarrab (played by Ludivine Sagnier) and the picturesque surrounds of Baghdad make an eye-meltingly beautiful setting.
Extras: Includes an audio commentary with director Lee Tamahori and 3 featurettes True Crime Family, Double Down with Dominic Cooper & The Real Devil's Double. The star of which is the last one, where we actually get to meet the man the story is based on.
In conclusion, a fantastic film set in the middle-east about truly unique subject material.... Read more ›
The Devil's Double is an extremely interesting film that is quite unlike anything being released at the moment. It's portrayal of Udai is questionable but questionable veracity aside; Cooper's performance is fantastic as he alternates between the highly-strung playboy Udai and the more tolerant & benevolent Latif with seeming ease. The CGI is decent, with only a couple of scenes with the both of them on screen being dubious. Cooper is supported by a worthy cast, including the love interest Sarrab (played by Ludivine Sagnier) and the picturesque surrounds of Baghdad make an eye-meltingly beautiful setting.
Extras: Includes an audio commentary with director Lee Tamahori and 3 featurettes True Crime Family, Double Down with Dominic Cooper & The Real Devil's Double. The star of which is the last one, where we actually get to meet the man the story is based on.
In conclusion, a fantastic film set in the middle-east about truly unique subject material.... Read more ›
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Valerie J.
Format:DVD
THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE (2011) is an outstanding movie but don't expect, because of the title, a conventional horror story. It is a horror story all right, but it is the story of Saddam Hussein's son, Uday, who in his madness takes what he wants from life and kills at will. The movie earns an 18 Rating because of the graphic violence, sex and drugs scenes, and strong language throughout. But none of that, in my opinion, is gratuitous simply to draw the box office crowds because there is a moral in the story. It paints a hideous portrait of what can happen when the wrong people are in power and how ordinary, innocent people (man, woman, and child) suffer under their rule. There but for the grace of God...
Uday Hussain is living the life of a superstar but he needs bodyguards to protect him. Hardly surprising as he trawls the streets, pulling young girls off the pavements and doing what he wants with them back home, after which he has their bodies dumped on waste land. He wants a double. After all, his daddy, Saddam Hussein, has a double. Unfortunately for Latif Yahia he looks just like Uday after a bit of plastic surgery. And there is no escape. He cooperates or his family will die.
If Dominic Cooper doesn't get an Oscar for playing the double role of Uday and Latif, I shall be very much surprised. He played a small role in one of my favourite movies, Breakfast on Pluto.
Directed by Lee Tamahori who also worked on Die Another Day, The Edge, Along Came a Spider, and more.
How true the story is, I don't know.
Uday Hussain is living the life of a superstar but he needs bodyguards to protect him. Hardly surprising as he trawls the streets, pulling young girls off the pavements and doing what he wants with them back home, after which he has their bodies dumped on waste land. He wants a double. After all, his daddy, Saddam Hussein, has a double. Unfortunately for Latif Yahia he looks just like Uday after a bit of plastic surgery. And there is no escape. He cooperates or his family will die.
If Dominic Cooper doesn't get an Oscar for playing the double role of Uday and Latif, I shall be very much surprised. He played a small role in one of my favourite movies, Breakfast on Pluto.
Directed by Lee Tamahori who also worked on Die Another Day, The Edge, Along Came a Spider, and more.
How true the story is, I don't know.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Darcy
Format:DVD
Dominic Cooper does for this film what Val Kilmer did for The Doors, what Forest Whitaker did for the Last King of Scotland and what Jamie Foxx did for Ray. An outstanding performance from Cooper, as he is the last person you would imagine to play the part of Uday Hussain, the crazy, psychotic son of his equally fanatical father Sadam, yet he manages to pull it off brilliantly.
The film centres on Latif Bahia, who is unlucky enough to look like Uday and is therefore hired to become his double. He witnesses barbaric crimes committed by Uday and endures humiliation upon humiliation, but in order to protect his loved ones... he remains loyal to his employer.
Yet as the French say, behind the break-up of a friendship between two men is usually a woman and that is exactly what it takes for Latif to sum up the courage to take his destiny into his own hands.
A gripping true story, which no doubt will catapult Cooper into the big league, yet whether he manages to find more juicy roles like this is another story!!
The film centres on Latif Bahia, who is unlucky enough to look like Uday and is therefore hired to become his double. He witnesses barbaric crimes committed by Uday and endures humiliation upon humiliation, but in order to protect his loved ones... he remains loyal to his employer.
Yet as the French say, behind the break-up of a friendship between two men is usually a woman and that is exactly what it takes for Latif to sum up the courage to take his destiny into his own hands.
A gripping true story, which no doubt will catapult Cooper into the big league, yet whether he manages to find more juicy roles like this is another story!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a remarkable tale of an Iraqi officer (Latif) selected to be a double for Saddam Hussein's son Uday. Uday is an unstable servant of excess, as the sons of monarchs have often been. The strange relationship between Uday and Latif, at times that of a brother, at others that of owner to a pet together with the sudden move swings all contribute to a rising tension that ultimately goes badly wrong; thereafter the story becomes rather strange (which probably means it was all true). The opening sequences as Latif is trained have a nice Jason Bourne element to them before we reach the court of the mad king. There is sufficient of the documentary to remind me of the excellent Carlos The Jackal, which I also enjoyed greatly. This is not a cheery film, but it is an exciting one.
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decent film and good acting
pretty decent film should have showed more after he was wheel chair bound. but good acting good to see a film about another aspect of iraq
Published 7 days ago by visa/delta
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Good
Well The DVD works fine and arrived not that long after ordering it but the movie it's self 5/10 not as good as trailer made out to be.
Published 1 month ago by Squinty
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Freddie Mercury Lives!
If you want to know what it was like backstage after a Queen gig watch this film!A Pathetic waste of money all round!
Published 1 month ago by Monk
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Great film
I saw this film in the cinema and it is realy great. I am not sure if it realy shows the reality but shows a bit different view on how we can know this country.
Published 2 months ago by Ludmila Samsinakova
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INTERESTING FILM AND EXTRAS
Very interesting film about Saddam Hussein's son's double and it's worth checking out the extras on this one which i normally don't bother with.
Published 3 months ago by Vlad the emailer
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Fantastic
Dominic Cooper what an actor and he plays both roles in this film with ease!
Not for the fainthearted however the style of the film represents it sheer brutality of Uday... Read more
Not for the fainthearted however the style of the film represents it sheer brutality of Uday... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Alexis Kristyan Fletcher
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Double or Nothing
Fact is often stranger than fiction, but distorted fact is stranger still. `The Devil's Double' is based on the true story of Latif, a man forced to undergo surgery and pretend to... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sam
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Trashy. Very trashy
I guess the 4-star endorsement from Loaded magazine should have given it away. While the movie is based on an interesting premise, its content and tone were tabloid-style and... Read more
Published 9 months ago by L. McCann
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good service
i bought this for my other halfs birthday. I was very pleased at how quickly it arrived as i left it very last minute to order and the estimated delivery date was after his... Read more
Published 12 months ago by heather
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I know this man
I think this film is disturbing and unpleasant. It reminds me somewhat of the disturbing character in Sin City. There are some doubts to whether all of this story is true. Read more
Published 13 months ago by words with wonder
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