Savior

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Savior

R

1998

1h 43m

Drama

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After military specialist Joshua Rose (Dennis Quaid) loses his wife (Nastassja Kinski) and son in a terrorist bomb attack in Paris, he joins the Foreign Legion as a form of revenge against Muslims. He ends up an anonymous mercenary in Bosnia, fighting with the Serbs, but his resolve is tested by the cruelty and horror of ethnic cleansing. When Joshua encounters Vera (Natasa Ninkovic), a young, pregnant Serbian woman due to be killed for her dishonor, he finds a reason to fight.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3.5/4

Savior is a brutally honest war film that looks unblinkingly at how hate and prejudice can pose as patriotism.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Mar 27, 2025

7/10

This bleak, somewhat relentless film about an American mercenary in the Bosnian War found little success back in 1998. Rewatched some decades later, and its brutal moments of violence and queasy moral ambivalence give a clear indication why that was.

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Aug 31, 2007

4/5

Filme injustamente ignorado, brutal em sua mensagem humanitria e traz Quaid na melhor atuao de sua carreira.

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Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Aug 21, 2002

A very violent drama that takes a visceral stand against vengeance and ethnic cleansing.

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Cheryl DeWolfe

Apollo Guide

Jan 1, 2000

67/100

Harvey S. Karten

Compuserve

Jan 1, 2000

8/10

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didier L

@RT18203544 Jul 1, 2026

I think Savior is a touching and inspiring movie with a strong message about hope, forgiveness, and second chances. The story is emotional, the performances feel real, and it leaves you thinking long after it ends.

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Rost M

@RT93174881 Oct 28, 2024

As of writing this review I first watched this movie 26 years ago and it as always stuck with me. It's one of the few war movies with no good or bad side's no matter what the low reviews on here are saying it shows good and bad on all sides. The only reason I can think it has such a low score with critics is becuse it's not about super heros in spandex full of product placemets and pandering. It's a goodnl watch if you're looking for something and it's a unknown gem and when I'm writing this it's on a few free streaming sigts

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Kofi T

@RT05954185 Aug 10, 2024

Harrowing, yet a truly great film.

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roberto r

@RT28231236 Apr 20, 2024

Great film, in my opinion a little masterpiece.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 Feb 10, 2023

Well acted but too quick to forgive its characters atrocities.

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Feb 11, 2021

Shameless Serbian propaganda. As it is usual in serbian films they are the victims and Bosniaks and Croats are mostly evil. Yet International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in Hague tells a different story.

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Peter Antonijevic

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Maria

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Synopsis

After military specialist Joshua Rose (Dennis Quaid) loses his wife (Nastassja Kinski) and son in a terrorist bomb attack in Paris, he joins the Foreign Legion as a form of revenge against Muslims. He ends up an anonymous mercenary in Bosnia, fighting with the Serbs, but his resolve is tested by the cruelty and horror of ethnic cleansing. When Joshua encounters Vera (Natasa Ninkovic), a young, pregnant Serbian woman due to be killed for her dishonor, he finds a reason to fight.

Director: Peter Antonijevic
Producer: Oliver Stone, Janet Yang
Screenwriter: Robert Orr
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Janet Yang Productions, Initial Entertainment Group
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 20, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.9K
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Surround

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