This is by no means a bad account on the legendary true life tale of Israeli special forces rescuing over a hundred hostages from Entebbe airport . However I couldn't help noticing how flat everything seemed . The directing is rather static even during the action scenes , the dialogue is unmemorable but worst of all are the performances - Field Marshall Idi Amin , president of Uganda and uncrowned king of Scotland ( Hope it's not too hot in hell for you Dada ? ) , who wouldn't want to play that role . Unfortunately Yaphet Kotto seems to have been cast at short notice and hasn't put enough charisma into the role , and the other actors don't really stand out , not even James Woods . I guess there was a race on by film companies to get their film out first , and it certainly seems that this film was produced in a hurry . But as I said it's far from being terrible and if memory serves me right it's superior to the version that preceded it and at least it isn't an action thriller in the vein of DELTA FORCE
Review of Raid on Entebbe
