Worth Walking Out For

Rating: 4/10 (3 January 2017)

Yup! I did it! I walked out within an hour of this movie.
I solidly agree with a few of the other earlier reviewers who call it out for it's racism and religious propaganda. Sure the scenery and some footage gives it the idea of a "powerful" film, but that illusion quickly faded for me. The script was indeed overly narrational and pathetically simple. The depiction of the Japanese as a bunch of belligerent heathens or sociopathic Buddhists was offensive.
I'll admit that the trailer sold me that this could be a great movie and I was convinced this movie could be at least half as entertaining and mesmerizing as The Mission (1986), but I am so proud of having walked out of that movie.