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Plot Summary
James Woods gives his "fullest, most humane, most emotional performance"(New York Magazine) to date in this "gritty, harrowing and bold thriller"(Gannett Newspapers). It's 1980. Young men, women and children are being brutally killed in a bloody civil war in El Salvador. It's a horrific setting...but a perfect one for Richard Boyle, a sleazy war photojournalist whose career needs a jumpstart. Armed with his camera, Boyle joins the front lines in an attempt to capture atrocious-but-valuable images of pain and horror. But with each picture he takes, he catches a tragic side of humanity that ignites his long-buried compassion. And he unexpectedly discovers something that will change him forever: his soul.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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92%- Reviews Counted: 24
- Fresh: 22
- Rotten: 2
- Average Rating: 7.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Salvador is long and disjointed and tries to tell too many stories...But the heart of the movie is fascinating.
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.
Fresh: An emotional and political sledgehammer.
Customer Reviews
True and fantastic!
These is one of the best movies about journalism! Combined with UNDER FIRE it shows the truth about the civil wars in central america. A real Oliver Stone film, with great cast and outstanding James Woods in one of his best roles he ever played.
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