Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Absolutely Fantastic

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Just when you think you've seen every vigilante theme covered, Hollywood pulls this out of the bag. The baddie from Rocky IV (who I'm sorry to say has NOT aged well) writes, shoots, directs, casts, produces, finances, edits, set designs, gaffers and stars in this unique story David v Goliath. When MM (missionary man) rolls up on his Vespa to the quiet town of *insert town name*, all the locals know about him is that he drinks tequila. straight. All he knows about them is that the native Indians of the town (dressed in costumes so offensively stereotypical, they go past the point of being offensively stereotypical and return to full authenticity) are being asked kindly but firmly to move site by the local government committee, in order to make way for a casino, which would bring wealth, jobs and tourism to the area.MM soon makes friends with one native Indian family who have just lost their patriarchal figure in a freak drowning accident. 'Our father didn't drown, he was killed' says child native Indian, which confused me a bit. I mean, she was getting at the fact her dad was murdered, but even if someone was holding his head underwater, thus starving his body of oxygen, he still technically drowned. I think what she meant to say was 'Our father's death was the result of actions taken by a third party who possessed malice aforethought'Anyway, back to the story and the casino planning. MM is having non of this so-called economic progress, and sets off downing shots and kicking-ass. Now, I'm not gonna spoil the ending by telling you who won, but all I will say is that there will be no Craps for the small town of *insert town name* tonight, or any other night!There's also some weird sexual tension between Mother Native Indian and MM, but the less said about that the better. It seems like Rocky IV baddie wrote in some sex scenes, but got cold feet at the last minute and scribbled them out. anyway, you just get this sense they are sleeping together off-camera.The film is beautifully shot, but I found out later it was just colour distortion due to trouble converting the film reel, so I don't really think he can get points for that, hence the 9/10 score.

The premise for this movie is basically a classical western story – stranger comes to town and delivers justice. The rehashed plot is nothing new , with elements taken from movies like "The outlaw Josey Wales "(1976), "Billy Jack" (1971) , " Walking tall " (1973) and "Pale rider" (1985). Actually the plot is so similar to "Pale rider" you could call "The Missionary man" a remake of Eastwood's classic. It's an The movie has a washed-out, grainy look that doesn't do it any favors. Due to a down-conversion gone wrong from HD to DVD, the picture quality and colors don't match the HD master that was approved by director Dolph Lundgren. I guess Lundgren wanted to do an arty action movie . The sad truth is that Lundgren doesn't seem to know s**t about lighting. All the sets are dimly lit and the characters are in perpetual shadow. My eyes were tired after a while.Lundgren's character wears sunglasses , rides a motorbike and reads Bible. Sounds cool , right ? Unfortunately the potential for interesting character is wasted. We never get to know anything about him to the very end of movie . He doesn't have any personality and there isn't a real reason for the audience to like Lundgren's character or care about him . The plot holes are terribly annoying - who the hell was the weeping guy , we never learn what Lundgren did for a living , where he came from , what's with his relationship with JJ and Jarfe.At 90 odd minutes not that much happens. There are many , too many boring, talky bits and few weak, jerky, short fight scenes. There should have been more excitement and edge. Dolph just sort of lumbers around and tries to look cool. The movie is lifeless , uninteresting and forgettable after few minutes."The Missionary man" is crap. I give it 1/10.

The events usually depicted in westerns were brought into 21st century, the westerns are reminded us by bringing the place of action into an Indian reservation. Like in most of movies with Lundgren, he has compassion for natives, local - also in Missionary Man, native Americans are good, but a bit naive and therefore oppressed by evil "intruders" or Caucasian and Latino males.Lundgren's character is rather awkward, alter ego Pale Rider, mysterious to the end. Compared to Lundgren's other movies, here is less violence and explosions, and plenty of minutes without his presence on the screen. The end is - of course - settling, characteristic to action movies, and the bad get that they deserve.Not the best movie where Lundgren stars, but definitely within the better half.

A mysterious biker (Dolph Lundgren) arrives in a small town in an Indian reservation for the funeral of his friend J.J. and discovers through his family that he was murdered by the men of the powerful John Reno (Matthew Stephens Tompkins). The corrupt businessman plans to build a casino in association with criminals from the North in the town and J.J. opposed to his intentions offering a better option to the locals. The lone vigilante decides to stay in town with his bible and drinking straight tequila and like an avenging angel, bring justice to people.While watching "Missionary Man", I have immediately associated the story as an adaptation of "Pale Rider" and the character of Dolph Lundgren to "The Preacher" and also to "Billy Jack", and I found that others IMDb users had had the same impression. Like in "Pale Rider", the mysterious stranger leaves many open questions that may give a mystical interpretation to his character. In the end, "Missionary Man" is modern adaptation and very decent remake of a classic. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O Missionário" ("The Missionary")