Breaker Morant
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Bryan Brown, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters (III) DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 107 minutes DVD Release Date: 1997-11-12 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Fox Lorber |
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Movie Reviews of Breaker Morant
Movie Review: A very anti-Christian movie
Summary: 2 Stars
On the surface, Breaker Morant is a simple story of soldiers in the field being asked to operate under impossible moral constraints. They end up being sacrificied on the altar of political expediency.
But director Bruce Beresford does a masterful of job of hiding his anti-christianity in plain sight. For example, he has the chaplain recite a verse that goes something like, "God, you accomplish thy will by war as well as by peace". The impression Beresford leaves is that God makes war for its own sake.
Second, his portrayal of the incident involving the missionary leaves little doubt in the viewer's mind that the missionary had it coming to him. Say what you want about civilians who cross the line in a guerilla war, fair enough. But I find it very disturbing that the director chose a Christian missionary, when he could have chosen anything else on earth, as a character who deserves to be murdered.
Last but not least is Morant's rejection of God again symbolized by the chaplain, just prior to his death. I find this attitude to be incomprehensible. Are Morant and Handcock's deaths unjust, absolutely.
But is it God's fault that men are unjust? Bruce Beresford seems to think so. Unfortunately, he forgets that God gave us the Ten Commandments to follow or not to follow as we choose. That's why we call it "free will", Bruce.
And a pagan is not someone who doesn't believe there's a divine being dispensing justice throughout the world. A pagan is someone who believes that the divine being doesn't care whether or not there is justice throughout the world.
I will say that the film is very powerful, especially the scenes were Morant takes his vengeance on his Boer captives. But overall I must say that I found "Breaker Morant" and it's underlying message to be more upsetting and disturbing than moving.