Review of Salvador (1986) by Andrew T — 27 Aug 2011
Based on actual events,"Salvador" is an excoriating indictment of the Reagan administration's role in El Salvador,and who better to tell it than Oliver Stone. When Richard Boyle(play by James Wood in one of his best perfomances ever),an American journalist in search of kicks,drives with a buddy south of the border to El Salvador,he is unprepared for the horror that awaits him.
A powerful indictment of US policy in Latin America and a searching,sensitively acted portrait of a man rediscovering responsibility. Stone developed a taste for history early in life,and 'Salvador" was his first examination into unresolved national traumas,which was later followed by "Platoon","Born On The Fourth Of July","Heaven and Earth","Nixon","World Trade Center",and one of his latest one"W".
This review of Salvador (1986) was written by Andrew T on 27 Aug 2011.
Salvador has generally received positive reviews.
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