The Mission (Special Edition)

Advantages: Everything about this film is superb...
Disadvantages: None...

...as originally a man of the sword, who is converted to being a man of the cloth after he kills his brother (Aidan Quinn). The main plot is that South American Indians are being enslaved by Portugal who try to dig out all the Indians they can find and sell them. However there are certain Jesuits who build Missions in order to convert the Indians into Christians and also to protect them therefore from the rampaging Portugese. Jeremy Irons and a handful ...
...own in the remote jungles of South America, where they help the Indians build a small community with a church at its centre. Robert De Niro plays the former mercenary who had originally been helping in the capture of the Indians, Mendoza who, after killing his brother for sleeping with his woman aims to commit suicide. However Father Gabriel (Irons) comes along and gives him a chance to do a penance. Mendoza thus changes his ways and becomes a priest ... Read review

Advantages: Great Film
Disadvantages: going through a box of tissues

...America. Robert De Nero plays the princible character, He plays a Spanish noblman who kills his brother and then seeks to redeem himself by living his life as a recluse. He ends up joining a mission and travels to the Rain forests of South America and lives with the local tribes teaching them christianity, When he goes back to spain he learns that the spanish are going to invade and take all the land. so Robert De Nero decides to go back and defend ... Read review

Advantages: Execellent cinematography, superb soundtrack, two disc set.
Disadvantages: Little, perhaps a few more character developments

...OVERVIEW --- Set in the late 1700's in South America, The Mission is a powerful tale of a Jesuit priest and a slave driver coming together to protect the native tribes of the jungles there. Starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons who dominant the film, there is moving acting, using emotions rather than words to express the mood of the movie. The film sees Robert De Niro ending his part in capturing slaves for the Europeans plantations and joining ...
...their real inner selves and the goodness of some men. The impact of the European culture shown in the film is massive and is comparable with the clash of cultures we sometimes see today. A very touching movie it shows the high and lows of human nature. Based on truth it uses the real facts to tell a real story extremely well. The end is very traumatic and would push some to tears. The famous and haunting soundtrack only adds further to the intensity ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful cinematography and soundtrack, great cast
Disadvantages: Little humour

...soundtrack (written by Ennio Morricone). The plot covers the establishment of a Jesuit mission amongst a local native Indian tribe, the Guaranis, in Paraguay in the 18th century. Jeremy Irons stars alongside Robert de Niro as the missionaries meeting the challenges of working with the local peoples, personal demons and the constant threat from the new colonial masters of the region, the Portuguese. The plot is a masterly vehicle for both leading ...
...current imperialism. Other stars dot the cast list - Aidan Quinn, Ray McAnally, Cherie Lungie and Liam Neeson. The film won the Palm D'Ore in Cannes in 1986, follwed by a host of other awards at the Golden Globes and Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Original Score). This is 126 minutes of engrossing and intensely emotional viewing. ... Read review