Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Purely Joyful Movie!

A Brilliant Conflict

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

It is really difficult to avoid the bandwagon that calls this a modern remake of pale Rider. The mystery man who rides into tow, on a bike instead of a horse, and saves them from the evil doers is a familiar western them. It has been brought to the modern age, while still retaining a western feel, by Dolph Lundgren, as writer, director and star.There is nothing new here. The dialog is as cheesy as any western or revenge B movie. The acting is predictable, and the action is as you would see in any Steven Seagal movie. Having said all that, it is still worth watching to see the slime get trampled and removed by the hero.

I've always been a fan of action movies having grown up in the 80's fed on a diet of Sly, Arnie, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme. These are the best of the best when it comes to kicking ass. I would include Dolph Lundgren is this category. Granted, he has been in some terrible movies like Cover Up and The Minion, but all the other big action stars also have movies on their CV's that they want to forget about! The thing that struck me about Missionary Man is that is was filmed brilliantly and had an excellent musical score to go with the usual Dolph Lundgren action we expect from him. He directed this movie and it is shot brilliantly. It reminded me of older Clint Eastwood movies, as Dolph plays a stranger in a small town who decides to help the townsfolk fight back against the greedy businessman John Reno and the corrupt Sheriff's Department. It is the closest thing to a modern western I've seen, and I really enjoyed it. Dolph is back people, and this is one of his best!

I thoroughly enjoyed it, although, with perhaps a bit more effort (or perhaps a lot) it could have been made into a very decent modern interpretation of the Clint Eastwood classic (don't tell me it was an original idea, because it so was not).My fellow fan in the previous write-up is right to say the base of the story is 100% Pale Rider, and stated some of the similarities. Besides the ones he picked out; ( "hired gangster believes he killed him many years ago (just like in Palerider) - holy man with the bible (just like in Palerider" )), here are some more:1) Daughter of the family he befriends has a crush on him 2) Mother of the daughter takes him to bed 3) The big gentle giant of the bad guy gang helps the girl when they try to have their way with her 4) This same big gentle giant then helps our hero when taking on the bad guys ( bashes one of the bad guys, just as in Pale Rider ) 5) Daughter looks for our hero at the end of the film and spots him as he rides off into the distance (I was half expecting her to shout out that she loved him, as in Pale Rider) 6) probably many more, but this is my first viewing and my memory is not that greatAll in all I enjoyed it and I hope to see Dolf in more films. Hopefully with a little bit more depth for his character rather than relying so much on his screen presence, which King Kong would have trouble matching.Just in-case the man himself reads this, I'd just like to say respect to you for your academic achievements (I'm impressed) and I hope I do at least nearly as well in my studies.

I really did not enjoy this movie. I am a fan of westerns, a fan of action, and a fan of movies with religious undertones. I was most let down by the main character. Reading the synopsis, I was given the impression that the protagonist would be a lot cooler than he was. He said about 100 words in the whole movie, and had very little personality.The plot could have been the basis of quite a good movie, but this was appalling. There was very little life in any of the characters, and the best actor (the only good one) is Jarfe, the biker. The only reason I gave a two instead of a one is the atmosphere that the film has. It is quite well done, except for the fact that there is the sound of wind in every scene.