

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.
Acting
James Woods somehow makes a disaster human sympathetic.
Direction
Stone before the polish—raw, angry, barely controlled.
Cinematography
16mm grain that feels like you developed it in a war zone.

Director
Oliver Stone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Mexico with a $4 million budget; Stone smuggled the 16mm film back personally to avoid customs issues.
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