The Dictator is an upcoming 2012 comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen. His fourth feature film in a leading role "tell[s] the story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed", according to distributor Paramount Pictures.Larry Charles, who previously directed Baron Cohen's mockumentaries Borat and Brüno, also directs the film. Cohen, in the role of Admiral General Aladeen, a dictator from the fictional North African country of the Republic of Wadiya, will star alongside Ben Kingsley and Anna Faris. The film has received positive reviews.
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Admiral General Aladeen, the dictator of Wadiya, travels to New York City to address rumors that he is developing a nuclear weapon. After getting kidnapped and having his beard cut off, thus no one recognizes him, he must get by working as a store clerk while attempting to return himself to power in his homeland.
Storyline
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramírez), switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned...
