Rent Salvador (1986)
3.7 of 5 from 118 ratings
1h 58min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
A harrowing drama set during the Salvadoran Civil War, 'Salvador' is one of director Oliver Stone's most underrated films, a thrilling and violent look at the chaos of war as seen through the lens of an amoral photojournalist. In 1980, young men, women and children are being brutally killed in a bloody civil war in El Salvador. A horrific setting, but a perfect one for Richard Boyle (James Woods), a sleazy journalist 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. - Actors:
- James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, José Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernández, Salvador Sánchez, Rosario Zúñiga, Martín Fuentes, Gary Farr, Gilles Millinaire, Ramón Menéndez, John Doe
- Directors:
- Oliver Stone
- Producers:
- Gerald Green, Oliver Stone
- Writers:
- Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
- Others:
- Richard Boyle
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2025 Centenary Club: January - March, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/09/2018
- Run Time:
- 122 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature length audio commentary with director Oliver Stone
- An extensive archival interview with Oliver Stone at the BFI
- A rarely heard, lengthy audio interview with Oliver Stone from 1986
- Into the Valley of Death: A documentary on the making of 'Salvador'
- Deleted and extended scenes
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Reviews (1) of Salvador
A Great Double Act, Buried - Salvador review by griggs
Two men who look like they wandered onto the wrong film set and decided to stay — that's Salvador in a nutshell, and exactly why it works when it's firing.
James Woods and James Belushi are the whole show. Their double act starts loose and funny, like a lads' trip that's spiralled badly, then curdles into a breakdown. I found myself watching their friendship more than the plot — two losers adrift in a country whose rules keep shifting. Woods's journalist keeps up; Belushi's rock DJ is a fish out of water from the start.
The trouble is Oliver Stone can't resist grabbing the mic. One scene has Woods arguing policy with US officials that feels bolted on, as if Stone wanted a soapbox more than a finished story. He's not wrong — just mistimed. Placed elsewhere, it might have landed instead of feeling like stuffing. Add a runtime that loses shape trying to juggle road movie, politics and character study, and you've got a great double act buried in a film that can't find its footing.
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