The Mission is one of the most powerful South American films about religion and colonialism.

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2005)

The Mission was an amazing film for a myriad of reasons. First and foremost, the musical score showed why Ennio Morricone is a giant in the film industry. For this movie, Morricone displayed the serenity of the wind pipes and flutes beautifully. The soundtrack is one of my instrumental favorites. Secondly, the acting of both the Guarjani Indians with legends like Jeremy Irons and Robert DeNiro were amazing.I have to admit though, at times DeNiro did come across as a guy from Brooklyn stuck in the jungles of Paraguay, instead of the mercenary Mendoza. Thirdly, the sentimental value of the film is what really struck me. Whether one believes in the religious values of the Jesuits or not, the belief in G-d and love demonstrated in the movie were the film's epicenter. To see the growth of the Indians through trust in G-d were powerful. As Jeremy Irons sits and plays the flute to the anger of the Guarjani chief, until the end of the movie as the entire village walks into the Portuguese gunfire. To conclude, I will be spending part of my honeymoon in Foz De Iguazu on the Brazil/Paraguay border this December, the Guarjani struggle against the colonialists from Portugal will be on my mind as I reflect on "The Mission."