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Salvador

  • 7.3 /10

  • 398

  • 90%

Plot

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.

Cast

James Woods as Richard Boyle
James Woods

as Richard Boyle

Jim Belushi as Doctor Rock
Jim Belushi

as Doctor Rock

Michael Murphy as Ambassador Thomas Kelly
Michael Murphy

as Ambassador Thomas Kelly

John Savage as John Cassady
John Savage

as John Cassady

Elpidia Carrillo as Maria
Tony Plana as Major Maximilliano Casanova
Tony Plana

as Major Maximilliano Casanova

Colby Chester as Jack Morgan
Colby Chester

as Jack Morgan

Cynthia Gibb as Cathy Moore
Cynthia Gibb

as Cathy Moore

Will MacMillan as Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
Will MacMillan

as Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.

Valerie Wildman as Pauline Axelrod
Valerie Wildman

as Pauline Axelrod

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • April 23, 1986

Production Companies

  • Hemdale

  • Cinema '85

  • Estudios Churubusco Azteca

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

  • United States of America

  • Mexico

Spoken Language

  • Español

  • English

Budget

  • $4,500,000.00

Revenue

  • $1,500,000.00

Runtime

  • 2.05 hrs

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Reviews

You've become just like them. Based around the real life experiences of journalist Richard Boyle, we are in 1980 and Boyle is not only in crisis torn El Salvador, he's also in it up to his neck. It sometimes gets forgotten just what a great director Oliver Stone can be, strip away his ability to ruffle feathers on a seemingly perennial basis, and you find some pieces of work that are stark …

With almost all things Oliver Stone...it gets political, and because of that you have people reviewing the politics and NOT the movie. Hate it or love it because of the politics... ...and politically I agree with the message in Salvador, but I'm going to try to keep all of that out of this and too the side. However, I do want to mention that the film dramatizes a few stories that should have g…