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Quaid is Joshua Rose, an American in Paris traumatized by the death of his wife and child in an Islamic terrorist bombing, wreaking immediate and fateful vengeance on innocent Muslim worshippers, then escaping into a new life as a mercenary supporting Bosnian Serbs. Under the nom du guerre Guy, Rose is a remorseless, nearly comatose presence until he intervenes in a brutal attack on a Serbian woman (Natasa Ninkovic) pregnant from a Muslim rape. Guy's gradual immersion in his charge's destiny brings him face to face with the centuries-old political, religious, and cultural feuds that haunt the region, and Quaid's own salvation comes through a remarkably subdued, sober performance. That restraint, and Quaid's haggard, close-cropped features are all but unrecognizable to those more familiar with his cocky, grinning turns as a more conventional hero.
Antonijevic makes the journey absorbing and, ultimately, elegiac, punctuated by a few brief but convincingly gruesome action sequences including a civilian massacre that would have been the climax of a more conventional war film. Instead, it's Quaid's own epiphanies that distinguish this probing, heartbreaking drama. The DVD edition retains the original widescreen aspect ratio and includes an audio commentary from the director. --Sam Sutherland.
| ACTORS: | Nastassja Kinski, Dennis Quaid |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Predrag Antonijevic |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 20 November, 1998 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia/Tristar Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396031074 |
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Customer Reviews of Savior
A tough movie to deal with. A warning to all. This is NOT a "feel-good" movie. For how can it be? It is about terrorists and the war in Bosnia, and in representing the insane brutality, this film doesn't waver and pulls no punches. Much like "Schindler's List", you'll sit horrified as this depressing film tells its shattering tale. Here you have a hero that is a mass murderer and cold-blooded sniper for the Serbs -- a killer of men and even children. That should tell you something right there.
Dennis Quaid gives the performance of his life as Joshua Rose, a U.S. military officer stationed in France. He needed to give such a performance because the subject matter deserves no less. Matter-of-fact, the acting throughout is top-drawer. Oddly, the beautiful Nastassja Kinski gets a top billing, but she really only has a cameo roll. Especially haunting is Natasa Ninkovic in her roll as Vera, a victim of a Muslim rape and carrying an unwanted child. Peter Antonijevic's direction (see Amazon's review) is steadfast in its relentless pursuit to lay before us the absolute cruelty of ethnic hatreds -- a war where there are no winners, only survivors whose twisted sense of honor leaves us shaking our heads in utter disdain and disbelief.
If you are looking for an action drama with a hero to save the day, look somewhere else. What you get here is heartbreaking reality....a glimpse of "Hell on Earth", of wasted lives, of families being torn apart, and man's incomprehensible inhumanity. This film could easily have been insufferable if it weren't for the thread of hope seeded in the birth of a bastard child. As a viewer, I grasped at this small ray of sunshine as I watched Quaid's character slowly become more human. But if you are seeking a happy ending, this isn't your film either. Ultimately, you do have a sense of hope at the end, but it is fleeting at best. And maybe that is as it should be.
"Savior" must have come and gone very quickly, because I never heard about the film before. That truly is a shame. While one has to be in a special mood to view this film, I promise you it will stick with you. Between 1 and 10, "Savior" gets a solid 9. It is truly unforgettable.
Outstanding Movie. Sad Reality.
Now this is one of those movies that'll give you goose bumps, tears, and definetly stay in your heart. Brutal, dramatic, and unfortunately very real, Savior is one of the best "based on an actual event" war movies I've ever seen.
Directed by Peter Antonijevic (former Yugoslavian film director, who had been jailed as a political prisoner during the war) and produced by Oliver Stone, Savior is a true story from the brutal Bosnian War, and the real life of an American hero.
Joshua Rose (Dennis Quaid) an American stationed in France, goes on a murderous rampage to avenge the deaths of his wife and a young son who were killed in a terrorist bombing. He joins the Foreign Legion in order to escape his crimes. Giving up his true identity and past he accepts a new name of Guy and becomes a mercenary for the Serbs.
Possessed by his mission of vengeance, Guy fights a war he doesn't believe in, hoping to find something he does. That is until he meets Vera,(Natasa Ninkovic) a young Serbian woman released by the Muslims in a prisoner exchange who's pregnant by her Muslim rapist. Guy saves her life, helps her with the birth of her child, child she refuses and together they fight for survival in a country destroyed by war.
"He is her only hope for survival. She is his only chance for redemption."
Savior is truly an UNFORGETTABLE STORY.
EXCELLENT MOVIE!!!
The Savior provides a rare glimpse and an objective account of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990's from the point of view of an American that finds himself involved in the conflict due to personal reasons. The movie tackles the brutality and complexity of a war that has repeatedly fallen victim to distortion and propaganda by different parties with different agendas (both direct and indirect "players" with a high stake in the Balkans). Dennis Quaid's performance is outstanding, making this movie a great movie indeed, and one worth watching!