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Joshua (Dennis Quaid) is a Foreign Legion soldier with a horrific past: after the fatal bombing of his family, he had gone on a murder spree in revenge, and joined the Legion to escape punishment. Finding himself in war-torn Bosnia, fighting as a mercenary for the Serbs, his conscience is pricked by the plight of a Serb woman who has been raped by Muslim soldiers. Pregnant from the assault, she rejects the baby when it is born, leaving Joshua with the responsibility of caring for the child and a chance to rediscover his humanity.
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An American mercenary battles to regain his appreciation for life after losing his wife and son. Dennis Quaid stars in this true story set in the Bosnian War.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
This is one of those films that is a sorely missed classic. Far superior to other war titles in recent years like Saving Private Ryan, this film puts its focus on one man who loses his humanity in an act of violence. From this, ironically, he turns to violence and goes on a journey of self-discovery that needs to be seen to be believed. It is powerful and full of strong performances. The war in Yugoslavia is as pointless as any war with the true villains existing within all of the three sides involved. Remarkable, a must-have for your collection.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By simon gurney
HALL OF FAME
Format:DVD
Savior is an excellent piece of film making, and in itself a hard film to pin down in terms of genre, its certainly set during a war, but i would hesitate to call it a war film.
Dennis Quaid is excellent, as indeed are all the cast, the pace and story have a definite european flavour, and there are many many scenes which impose themselves on the memory, the massacre is intense and shocking, but there are many such scenes with more subtle content, the locations are perfect and add so much to the depth of the story.
Dennis Quaid is excellent, as indeed are all the cast, the pace and story have a definite european flavour, and there are many many scenes which impose themselves on the memory, the massacre is intense and shocking, but there are many such scenes with more subtle content, the locations are perfect and add so much to the depth of the story.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the most moving films I have ever seen! It shows the rebuilding of one mans humanity. From the shooting in the mosque, showing no regard for human life to his protection for Vera and the Baby. The music is also superb, it is one of the parts of the movie that make you feel the emotion. The acting is very good and the story line superb. It illustrates what the soldiers in the former Yugoslavia must have gone through. All in all an excellent film well worth the watch, the best war film since Platoon.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
3 stars is enough
It could have been a much stronger war drama, still it's worth watching. Full of "pietas" toward its characters, yet not holding back when it comes to show all the cruelty... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Luca Piccirilli
1.0 out of 5 stars
a question mark
Despite the obvious fact that approximately 1.000.000 Muslim and Croatian women were raped by Serbs (a part of genocide executed by Serbs) how can a poor so called rape victim... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Cem
1.0 out of 5 stars
Stone's baby
Supposed to be about the meltdown of Yugoslavia.
Strange,seeing as though this was Oliver Stone's pet project,that he produced it,but didn't direct it. Read more
Strange,seeing as though this was Oliver Stone's pet project,that he produced it,but didn't direct it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by amazon.co.uk are biased,tax dodging ,cacographists
1.0 out of 5 stars
unbelievable
this could have been a powerful movie depicting the horrors of the balkan holocaust but instead turns out to be another hollywood hero fantasy - why else cast Dennis Quaid of the... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Zane Zorro
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fair portrayal of what what really went on in Bosnia.
After watching Welcome to Sarajevo I didn't have high hopes for this film I assumed its got to be biased and one sided and to my surprise it wasn't this film shows a fair portrayal... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr Milan Rnic
5.0 out of 5 stars
Saviour
This is an interesting story set during the Balkans conflict. It is about an American mercenary who finds himself taking care of a baby in hostile territory. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Sunny Boshoff
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not an easy journey.....but worth the trip,
Warning ! This film is not easy on the eyes or your heart. In a wartime setting it shows all that is bad in human nature and how, sometimes we have less moral standards than any... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2011 by michael taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the most powerful war films I've ever seen
Arguably flawed, but boy did this knock me on my butt. A film about the horror and brutality of war, and this
one got to me in a way very few have. Read more
one got to me in a way very few have. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2011 by K. Gordon
5.0 out of 5 stars
An exceptional film of an exceptional Human Tragedy
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS: Set in the Serbian/Croatian War sometime in the early 1990's this film stars Denis Quaid who starts off as a member of the CIA working out of the US Embassy... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2010
5.0 out of 5 stars
Savior
Many of us remember the unfolding tragedy of the conflicts in former Yugoslavia when we though that such horrors in a war in our own continent of Europe were a thing of the past... Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2010 by Mr. D. Rowland
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