What a farce!

Rating: 5/10 (9 July 2017)

Gullible and arrogant priests knowingly go into a hostile and unwelcome territory, yet unprepared in any way (not even learn the basics of the local language or local customs) and acting like children (I guess they're "God's Children", so they're supposed to?) in the face of danger, while consistently being the primary source for getting their poor followers tortured and murdered.
Religion(s) and God(s) are personal. It's between an individual and his/her God(s). These white Westerners have no right to go into a sovereign nation and bend the will (and laws) of its government to impose a belief that is unproven and supposedly personal. They are no better than the "communists" with their methods of preaching just as the same: propaganda and brainwashing. Promising something in the future without having to deliver. Using the absolute power invested by an abstract entity to get absolute devotion.
Buddhism has never sought out "converts" nor recruited followers. Rather, it's all about the person's will and desire to seek out Buddhism. Has anyone ever seen a Buddhist monk knocking on your door and start telling you to convert to Buddhism, then thumping on his Tripitaka and rambling on and on about Buddha is your savior?
In every invaded/colonized nation throughout world history, first come the preachers, then the traders, then the bankers, and very soon... come the military commanders with their troops ready to take over the sovereignty of this weaker nation. That is established fact and recorded historical truth; and all defeated nations/governments/citizens have learned this well by heart which is well detailed in their history books and often discussed from generation to generation. Only the powerful nations (invaders and colonists) and their governments (and the overwhelming majority of their own citizens) who carried out the invasion and the colonization too often conveniently forget (and omitted such shameful facts in their history books) about their atrocities and wrong doings to the governments and citizens of the victimized nations.
The movie is a propaganda tool, with some entertainment values (i.e. beautiful scenery and interesting Japanese costumes/architecture of the period). Andrew Garfield is a broken crutch of the movie but not because of his acting, rather because of his unconvincing appearance and annoying dialogues/screams. Same as his recent efforts in Hacksaw Ridge and 99 Homes. No more Andrew Garfield movies for this moviegoer.
5 out of 10... and will never torture my eyeballs again.