The Devil's Double

Play the part or suffer the consequences

Based on a true story, and set back in the 1980s at the height of Saddam Hussein's power in Iraq. His son decides to get a double for use in high-risk situations, and calls an old school friend who happens to look a lot like him. The friend gets a take-it-or-die offer and reluctantly becomes the double for the reckless, sadistic party-boy with a rabid hunger for sex and brutality. 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. Things get complicated when the double gets involved with the prince's girlfriend...

103 minutes.
No persons under 18 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence, Drug abuse).
Action, Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits

Cast	Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Philip Quast, Mimoun Uaïssa, Khalid Laith
Director	Lee Tamahori
Screenplay	Lee Tamahori
Music	Christian Henson
Cinematography	Sam McCurdy
Editing	Luis carballar
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
SA distributor	Nu Metro
Made in	2011
Produced by	Corsan, Corrino Media Corporation, Staccato Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Strong, crude, demeaning, also sex language
Nudity	Strong sexual and non-sexual full nudity
Sex	Strong sexual conduct and sex, high-impact
Violence	Fairly intense, psychological, physical violence also bloody, gory, graphic, shocking scenes
Prejudice	Brief, hatred of Jesus and Kiwaitis, brief homophobia
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Strong drug use and abuse, cocaine snorting, somewhat glamourised in party atmosphere and sexual heightness
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Geoffrey McNab Dual role saves tale of Saddam's sadistic son	10
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Spanning tussen 'duiwel' en sy dubbelganger	15
Cape Times Todd McCarthy An orgy of evil	10
Box Office Pam Grady Tamahori's drama is as elegant as it is flamboyant, beautifully designed and gorgeously shot.	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Despite all of that and the thematic element of the good character's moral conflict, the story progressively ends up feeling repetitive and thus nowhere as engaging, horrifying and/or captivating as it easily could and should have.	11
Metacritic.com 28 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 94 critics	11
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	11
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
What the People say
Internet 2485 Netizens Entertaining inside view in the former Baghdad. Some discomforting parts, but without political intentions	14
Average .. 60%	12