The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 71% of the 388 1980s adventure movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic55/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
1,595 audience votes
Key crew
- Roland JofféDirector
- Robert BoltScreenplay
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert De NiroRodrigo Mendoza
- Jeremy IronsFather Gabriel
- Ray McAnallyCardinal Altamirano
- Aidan QuinnFelipe Mendoza
- Liam NeesonFather John Fielding
- Cherie LunghiCarlotta
- Ronald PickupHontar
- Chuck LowDon Cabeza
- Bercelio MoyaIndian Boy
- Sigifredo IsmareWitch Doctor
- Daniel BerriganSebastian
- Carlos Duplat SanjuanPortuguese Commander
Stills
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Themes
missionresistancechristianityreligious conversionbased on true storywaterfalljungleargentinacolonisationsouth america18th centuryaftercreditsstinger
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