The Dictator

Sacha Baron Cohen (Aladeen/Efawadh)

      From the creator of Ali G, Borat, and Bruno has now come up with another outlandish character; the Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen of Waadeya.  This movie is full of political satire and the completely over the top random moments that have made Cohen famous. This film is different from his previous films because it is an actual movie with actors and a story-line. Unlike the previous film Cohen and his characters are now recognizable and so this film is missing those completely hilarious moments of disgust and awe.
      The Dictator is about the ruler of the fictional African nation of Waadeya, who on a trip to America is ousted from power and must work in a grocery store co-op. Think of Austin Powers meets Borat, if you are a fan of either you will enjoy this movie. Its not your traditional Cohen movie but it works. Because this movie lacks the shock and awe of the previous films it probably wont do as well in theaters but it is defiantly worth renting.
      If you are a fan of Cohen's movies, you will enjoy. It has the same style of slapstick humor and random, OMG did he really just do that moments. Some of the jokes will be above the heads of the target audience, and just when you think that the movie is about to follow a conventional story line, something completely random happens.

 Just like Cohen's other movies this movie is rate R for a reason. Please don't take your kids to see this.

I rated this 6 out of 10
Rated: R
Run Time: 83 mins