Fine film making lacks full impact

Rating: 6/10 (31 August 2007)

Reputedly powerful film, but merely well made, about a mission in the South American jungle threatened with closure due to politics in the Vatican.
Roland Joffe puts the movie together well, but still I find "The Mission" does not have the real impact it could have had. The cinematography is magnificent, Ennio Morricone's score is haunting to say the very least, and all the cast, including Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro and Aiden Quinn give strong performances. Sadly however, aside from all the superb craftsmanship of movie-making on offer here, "The Mission" delivers little else in the way of entertainment. Please endeavour to see this on the big screen.
Thursday, March 19, 1992 - Video