Fresh
The polemic may seem obvious and at times laboured, but the action sequences are brilliant, and the film does achieve a brutal, often very moving, power.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Salvador
Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia...
1986 · 2h 3m · R
Drama, War
Directed by
Oliver Stone
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Salvador
Overview
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
Director and cast
- Oliver Stone Director
- James Woods as Richard Boyle
- Jim Belushi as Doctor Rock
- Michael Murphy as Ambassador Thomas Kelly
- John Savage as John Cassady
- Elpidia Carrillo as Maria
- Tony Plana as Major Maximilliano Casanova
- Colby Chester as Jack Morgan
- Cynthia Gibb as Cathy Moore
- Will MacMillan as Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
- Valerie Wildman Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[The] crime spree feels more like bored rich kids on a joy ride than committed leftie intellectuals hastening regime change.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Rotten
One look at the youthful, idealistic guerrillas, accompanied everywhere by folk music, and you know where Mr. Stone's heart lies.
Walter Goodman, New York Times
Fresh
Salvador is long and disjointed and tries to tell too many stories...But the heart of the movie is fascinating.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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