callanvass I couldn't finish the whole thing! I'm a huge Dolph fan, but I wish they'd give him better material. Dolph tries to pull a Clint Eastwood with the "Stranger" routine. It lacks the budget and more importantly, the entertainment to pull it off. It's extremely talky, and the action scenes are very unexciting. It looks really cheap and grainy, and I didn't see the point in the whole scheme of things. Dolph deserves so much more than this cheap crud. When he gets something to work with, he shines. If you want to see a great Lundgren movie, watch The Punisher. He's made good movies in his career, but this isn't one of them. Avoid it!DUD

Leofwine_draca MISSIONARY MAN is a straight-to-DVD action flick, directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren. The film's plot takes the form of a modern-day western, with the Native American inhabitants of a run-down town finding themselves oppressed by the self-appointed rulers who run the place with an iron fist. A Bible-thumping, motorbike-riding preacher (Lundgren) soon rides into town, planning to clean things up.This is a low rent flick all the way, clearly inspired by the likes of Eastwood's PALE RIDER, although of course it can't hope to hold a candle to any of the "proper" Hollywood classics. Instead it's an ordinary little movie featuring no-name cast members and a handful of fight scenes that are hardly memorable. The best thing about this is Lundgren himself, more for his presence than his performance, towering over everything as he does.Unfortunately, something went wrong with this film during the post production process, leaving it a visual mess. Almost every scene is too dark, the colours are gone and the whole thing looks drab and muted. The plot serves as a hanger for the fight action, but the choreography is poor and muddled. I expected more from Lundgren, I have to say; MISSIONARY MAN is distinctly humdrum, and far from the actor's best.

pragitam While I thought this was a good movie, consistent with Lundgren's earlier pieces and well done from a production point of view, the plot haunted me, reminded me of some other movie, and then it struck me: Pale Rider (1985), Clint Eastwood. Except for the setting, the plots are identical. Both good viewing, the spoiler is they are the same movie save for the fact that one is more contemporary with "Iron Horses" and one is set in the "Old West" on "real" horses. The ghost like and unknown "Preacher" comes to town out of no where. Hits it off with the "decent folk", one family in particular. The young daughter falls in love with the Preacher. Then there is the evil, criminal gang and sinister boss that run the town, bullying everyone, instilling fear through violence and corruption. The Preacher stands up for everything that is "good" and defends the "decent folk". When he poses to be too much of a problem for the local gang, outsiders are called in to take care of the problem. The new gang leader is none other than the nemesis of the Preacher whom he believed he had killed. Single handedly, the Preacher kills everyone of the gang members and rides out of town, justice served, leaving his young love behind without so much as a Good Bye. Like I said, same movie, different time, both good viewing.

LuboLarsson This is the first Dolph Lundgren movie I've seen in many a moon and I found it an entertaining modern day take on the classic Westerns of old, mainly Shane, High Plains Drifter and most of all Pale Rider. Dolph does a good job of playing the mysterious preacher who rides into town and takes care of the local bad guys. This is the perfect entertainment for a Friday night with a few beers. Dolph also directed this movie and that really impressed me he has a definite talent for that and I hope he directs a few more, preferably with a slightly bigger budget as this was undoubtedly a low budget movie but one that I found much more rewarding than many a Hollywood blockbuster. Whilst many of the supporting actors won't win many awards some of the young cast were very good as was the two main villains. My one complaint was the colour of the movie I found it a little too colourless but I suppose it gave it a cool look. Thumbs up for the final shoot-out too with a nice final line from Dolph before he rides into the sunset.