Salvador (Special Edition) (DVD)

...Central America in general and Salvador in particular seemed quite remote 3000 miles away in England. It's easy to make simple assumptions - "oh yes, America will deal with it and all will be well again." But that's just the abstract spin-doctor view any dodgy Government would want us, the public, to believe in. I saw this movie many years ago on the BBC during one of their political film seasons. I woudn't have really bothered but I'm a great fan ...
...great democratic countries, has an awful lot of dirty linen hidden away. Salvador is no Bleeding Heart act of Liberalism or political correctness; it offers a documentary style view of the harsh realities that happen to people when the Great and the Good betray them so badly! A masterpiece! ...

dreamstar70 12.02.2001 (10.02.2001) · Read full review
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Review of Salvador (Special Edition) (DVD)

Salvador is one of my favourite films, released in 1986 and directed by Oliver Stone it has near faultless performances from the actors and the filming of the war in El Salvador gives a brutal and moving account of what it was like to be there in 1980. The film moves along at a fast pace and you won't be able to move from the tv, it also starts off in a relatively fun way as Richard Boyle (James Woods) plays a journalist in California who is down ...
...they head down to El Salvador in a car, drinking, cracking bad jokes and generally having un all the way. Despite their obvious dodginess you can't help but warm to them and this is an important part of the film which is contrasted by the shocking scenes as they enter war torn El Salvador. The duo then get themselves in to various scrapes but normally manage to pay their way out of trouble, initially a bit of a sleazeball Richard Boyle soon falls ...

dangaroo 24.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Salvador (Special Edition) (DVD)