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Amigo: Film Review

10:21 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Ray Bennett, AP

Set during the U.S. incursion in the Philippines in 1900, John Sayles has little to add to the debate beyond the eternal truth that the innocent always suffer most.

TORONTO -- John Sayles' Amigo is set during the U.S. incursion in the Philippines in 1900, but the parallels with Afghanistan and Iraq today are clear. It's an impressive movie, but the indie filmmaker has little to add to the debate beyond the eternal truth that the innocent always suffer most.

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