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.
Richard Boyle
Doctor Rock
Ambassador Thomas Kelly
John Cassady
Maria
Major Maximilliano Casanova
Jack Morgan
Cathy Moore
Colonel Bentley Hyde Sr.
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 gotten better coverage in the US. Moving on, though, this is not unlike Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...if it went entirely dark and realistic. You have a journalist and his buddy in a Hawaiian T-Sh...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,500,000.00
Revenue $1,500,000.00