A very good, wellcast movie

Reality often shocks, illustrated here in striking fashion. How a "noble" cause turns evil, the intentions behind real intentions, all intriguing. Epic movie with equally epic settings and cast. Absolutely one of those "must see more than once" movies. Morricone just adds to the whole greatness

If you take in all the sensory material, the story, & the main characters’ performances…..its memorable and definitely a re-watchable.

This is how you make a movie about a historical event. Knowing about the effort put in to make it accurate combined with the release date makes it even more impressive. Goddamn damn god

As a historian of the indigenous language and views, these stories are always based on the views of the Christian struggles to corrupt the audience into thinking these people are the saviors of the indigenous people. You are made to feel emotional, by use of the beautifully orchestrated music, again only in the views of Christian priests. Make sure that you notice the creation of the struggles are made, and created by both enemies of the indigenous destroyers who believe in the same things in the Christian Church. In this movie the only beauty it has is the scenery and the emotional music intended to manipulate you to celebrate the Catholic Church using the Indigenous as props and nothing based truly on the indigenous views of the forced struggles they put them through. As a fan of Jeremy iron, I love his voice and his acting. The others actors great too. I give this movie a low grade because of its intended purpose.

One of the most bleak realistic films about missionaries seeking to "save " the souls of indigenous people in south america while battling their own faiths when the church says they speak for God but betray themselves and their beliefs in the process of living in the world. A must must watch for any person of any faith that also left an impression on me that I will never forget.

This movie has a powerful story and beautiful cinematography, but it gets bogged down by its slow pacing and lack of dialogue.

This outstanding film was a feast for the senses. We are transported back to South America in the 1750s and experience both the promise of a community based on love and the basest tragedies of colonialism. Raw performances from some of the greatest actors and actors of a generation as well as supporting roles that match the intensity throughout. All of this paired with exquisite cinematography, which earned Chris Menges his second well deserved Academy Award at the 1987 Oscars. A film worthy of your time for the beauty and powerful messages.

"Thus have we made the world... thus have I made it".

While the pacing could've used some work, The Mission is otherwise a compelling based-on-true-events religious drama with terrific performances, amazing cinematography fully deserving of the Oscar the film won for it, Ennio Morricone's great score and quite a sad ending. Makes me wish that they showed this film to me when I was still in school. Could've obtained a greater appreciation for the film. Don't get me wrong, I still think this movie is really, really good but I think it would've stayed with me much more had it been a part of my obligatory education. Ah well, doesn't change the fact that perhaps some critics treated this film too harshly.

It's a very inspirational motion picture, The Mission, 1986... Religion can transform people as well as tribes...such as Jesuit converts Robert De Niro from a brother killer into a Catholic...and those living in the Jungles into a group of Faithful... If we stop here, it's fine and findo...However our English Director, Roland Joffé does want to finish his Mission there...

Absolutely wonderful movie! From shocking to heartwarming to absolute heartbreaking, this movie leaves your soul strained to the core. A musical painting for the ears, Ennio Morricone is at his best!

A film designed to make the viewer feel bad despite having nothing whatsoever to do with the crimes against humanity this film depicts. Joffre doesn't trust viewers to make up their own minds, as he did in the Killing Fields, but pounds us over the head with guilt. The only redeeming aspect of this film is the magnificent score by Ennio Morricone.

Thought provoking. It really makes you think about religions place in the world. I loved this movie.

I'm trying to be as kind as possible but anyone who rates this movie badly should never be allowed to review a movie again. I would never want to know a person who doesn't love this movie. Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro should be enough to make this great. Then add into brilliant cinematography, great story and great ending. This should score 100 on rotten tomatoes.

Passable but feels like an epic that should have been more epic. Weirdly stilted from the main actors. The only emotion comes in the excellent final half hour but leading up to it is a passionless slow burner. The scale of the scenery and Indian actors was impressive. The end product was sadly not quite up to scratch but enough here to enjoy to make it worth a watch.

Racconto esotico ed epico con il duo Irons - De Niro ad imperversare nella giungla amazzonica per dare vita ad una storia di redenzione e di sacrificio. La colonna sonora di Ennio Morricone è un lampo di luce che sarebbe in grado di penetrare un cuore di pietra. La fotografia, soprattutto grazie ai meravigliosi paesaggi, è mozzafiato. Le sequenze di guerra ed il cast di contorno invece non sono all'altezza e invecchiano precocemente il film. La storia merita di essere raccontata ed è potente e cruda.

The sole reason that this film is considered somewhat controversial is the fact that it featured DeNiro when he could do no wrong from a critical perspective, and the film is just okay (it's got Godfather III Syndrome). The film is painfully slow, doesn't dive into the crisis of faith aspects that it sets up, and fails to take advantage of its lead (who is often left with nothing to do for long periods), but it's also shot beautifully on location in South America and has an absolutely killer score from Morricone (who would successfully distance himself from being the 'Ecstasy of Gold' guy even if this was the only score he composed after it). Don't act like watching Irons walk in slow procession to his inevitable death (by supposed fellow believers) with only faith to protect him is not a powerful scene. The problem is that it just moves so darn slow; it feels like it wants to be a more theological Aguirre, but forgot that the monotony of the latter actually adds to that film thematically. And hey, is that Liam Neeson as a Jesuit priest in a far-flung country during the 16th/17th centuries? I hear Scorsese is looking for you. (3.5/5)

The music is so well known, the setting gorgeous but the film a little ho-hum. The next thing you need to know is Shia LaBeouf isn't in it. It looks a lot like Shia is in it, but that's actually a young Robert De Niro - the resemblance is uncanny. You also have Jeremy Irons and a young Liam Neeson… "I will find you and I will convert you."

It is very wonderful piece you sholdn't miss.