The Mission (1986)
Directed by Roland
Joffe this film stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally and
Liam Nesson. In 1750s South America Jesuit priests and agents of the
empires of Spain and Portugal clash over the treatment of native
tribes.
It takes a little
while for the plot of this film to get going but it does a good job
of balancing political machinations with character arc story telling.
The film does a good job of showing how even those with good
intentions were bad for the locals but does not really do enough to
show the negative side of “civilizing” through religion as the
Jesuits attempted to do. Visually the film has some stunning
backdrops and locations while the sound track from Ennio Morricone is
impressive as always.
5/5
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