From the very first moments of SALVADOR's turbo-strobe, machine-gun fire, beating drum, black-and-white news footage opening title sequence, this film pulsates with an uncommon energy rarely seen onscreen in any decade. The first image Oliver Stone shows is of actual bodies littering the streets, the cutthroat reality of El Salvador's dictatorship. The absolute high point of Oliver Stone's filmmaking career: the point where pretense, genre convention, and the self-consciousness of even his truly great and memorable work like SCARFACE all but disappear -- the work has resonance and meaning. I'd genuinely pick a fight with any man, woman, or child who begs to differ here. Although still unrecognized and unfairly overlooked, SALVADOR is proud, spirited, and important storytelling at its apex. Highest recommendation.

Richard Boyle was an American journalist who had travelled all over the world, Oliver Stone's film recreates his time in El Salvador during the Salvadorean civil war, in which the government military side was backed by the US government. The nastiness of war, and atrocities committed by both sides in that war are shown well, but I don't know enough about the war to know how fair the film was. I watched a version that was subtitled in Portuguese, which meant that I didn't understand the parts of the film that were spoken in central American Spanish, most of the film was in English but obviously I don't know what I missed by not knowing what was said in Spanish.

Oliver Stone's fine effort to portray the troubles brewing in El Salvador as a warning for the government possibly engaging in a second Vietnam. Lots of it is made up and wildly exaggerated of course and the tone goes from Hunter S Thompson style binge-drinking, debt-building sleazoid journalist and sweaty, grubby friend to realistic portrayals of the aftermath of sadistic and horrendous massacres which can be particularly jolting and annoying. James Woods tears through the movie like he just wants to get the hell out and Belushi provides a some what subdued and under written comedic relief.

From the very first moments of SALVADOR's turbo-strobe, machine-gun fire, beating drum, black-and-white news footage opening title sequence, this film pulsates with an uncommon energy rarely seen onscreen in any decade. The first image Oliver Stone shows is of actual bodies littering the streets, the cutthroat reality of El Salvador's dictatorship. The absolute high point of Oliver Stone's filmmaking career: the point where pretense, genre convention, and the self-consciousness of even his truly great and memorable work like SCARFACE all but disappear -- the work has resonance and meaning. I'd genuinely pick a fight with any man, woman, or child who begs to differ here. Although still unrecognized and unfairly overlooked, SALVADOR is proud, spirited, and important storytelling at its apex. Highest recommendation.

Richard Boyle was an American journalist who had travelled all over the world, Oliver Stone's film recreates his time in El Salvador during the Salvadorean civil war, in which the government military side was backed by the US government. The nastiness of war, and atrocities committed by both sides in that war are shown well, but I don't know enough about the war to know how fair the film was. I watched a version that was subtitled in Portuguese, which meant that I didn't understand the parts of the film that were spoken in central American Spanish, most of the film was in English but obviously I don't know what I missed by not knowing what was said in Spanish.

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Enjoyed this alot. Belushi had horrible hair and Woods was excellent

Why is Jim Belushi in this film? James Woods is excellent.

I hope that SAVAGES will be the return of this Oliver Stone. No one needs him to be a centrist or a team player, but American filmmaking right now could use a few more self-indulgent egomaniacs.

James Woods gives a staggering performance as a journalist out to capture a forgotten rebellion.