Review: The Devil's Double

The Devil's Double features great performances from Dominic Cooper in the two lead roles, but the rest of the film is a case of style over substance - ending up a simple action movie, with an interesting concept lost beneath the shiny surface.

Clearly influenced by the tales of excess told Brian de Palma's legendary Coke and Cubans story in Scarface, watching Cooper switch between the OTT traits of Saddam's psychotic son Uday and the passive portrayal of his dead man walking double Latif means the film is always watchable, but by never rising beyond a one-dimensional tale of good and bad trapped in a world of death, drugs and debauchery, The Devil's Double doesn't offer anything particularly memorable after the films finishes.