A Good Man in Africa Reviews

Already 10 years ago, Sean Connery decided to retire after the dismal failure of 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' and since then, the only thing I can do is either rewatch his classics or watch his more obscure movies. This movie definitely belongs to the 2nd category and even though Connery was displayed prominently on all the promotional material, he actually only had a supporting part. Basically, it is a rather misguided black comedy with some rather terrible stereotypes about the folks in Africa. I mean, you can feel that there was some potential with this anti-hero but the tone was never right and the end-result was rather underwhelming. Eventually, the best character was played by the always dependable John Lithgow who was the only one who managed to find the right way to deal with this material. Concerning the 'real' Africans, they didn't have much to do and they were either corrupt or dealing with some 'ridiculous' superstition and, of course, the African mistress of the main character had to be displayed in full nudity. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was not quite a really despicable comedy, it was still pretty damned average, my rating might even be a little bit too generous here and I don't think it is really worth a look.