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Amigo, 2010

Starring: Garret Dillahunt, Chris Cooper, DJ Qualls, Dane DeHaan

Directed by: John Sayles

Written by: John Sayles

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 128 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.1

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The mood of Amigo is emotional, contemplative, and captivating. The plot centers around village life, leadership, and wartime life. It is a drama, period, and historical movie. In approach, Amigo is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. It takes place, at least partly, in a jungle, on an island, and in a village. Amigo is set in The Philippines. It happens in the 1900s. Note that it includes violent content.

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A fictional account of events during the Philippine-American War. Amigo centers on Rafael Dacanay, cabeza of the barrio of San Isidro in a rice-growing area of Luzon, Philippines. His brother Simón, head of the local guerilla band, has forced the surrender of the Spanish guardia civil outpost and charged Rafael with the task of imprisoning the guardia Captain and the baryo's Spanish friar, Padre Hidalgo, in the name of the revolutionary government. But when the American troops chasing General Aguinaldo arrive, the Spanish officer and Padre Hidalgo are freed, and a garrison under the command of Lieutenant Ike Compton is left to 'protect' the barrio. The American occupation policy now changes from 'hearts and minds' to 'concentration' (what was called 'hamletting' during the Vietnam war) and Rafael has to answer to both the Americans and the Filipino patriots, with deadly consequences.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	19 August 2011
Runtime:	128 min

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Garret Dillahunt

as Lt. Compton

Chris Cooper

as Col. Hardacre

DJ Qualls

as Zeke

Dane DeHaan

as Gil

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A philosophical movie about war

Sayles criticizes American imperialism in this allegorical movie that manages to be contemplative, but not at all pretentious. Read and rate it

21.August.2011
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by: fletcher.munson
fletcher.munson rated this movie7/10Good

An okay "message movie"

Movies made by John Sayles tend to be very slow. This movie was surprisingly fast (in comparison to other John Sayles movies of course), but didn't really have the emotional affect it was supposed to have. Read and rate it

21.August.2011
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by: icecream
icecream rated this movie6/10Okay

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