Savior (1998)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Predrag Antonijevic

Writer:

Robert Orr (writer)

Release Date:

20 November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Hope is worth fighting for.

Plot:

A hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.

Plot Keywords:

Mercenary | Foreign Legion | Muslim | Atrocity | Serbian

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Nastassja Kinski	...	Maria Rose (as Nastassia Kinski)
Pascal Rollin	...	Paris Priest
Catlin Foster	...	Christian
Dennis Quaid	...	Joshua Rose / Guy
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Peter Dominic (as Stellan Skarsgard)
John Maclaren	...	Colonel
Irfan Mensur	...	Drill Sergeant
Sergej Trifunovic	...	Goran
Kosta Andrejevic	...	Boy on Bridge / Dead Boy in River
Ljiljana Krstic	...	Old Lady
Sanja Zogovic	...	Girl On Bridge
Veljko Otasevic	...	Orthodox Priest
Marina Bukvicki	...	Muslim Girl
Dusan Perkovic	...	Uncle Ratko
Natasa Ninkovic	...	Vera

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence including brutal war atrocities, and for language.

Runtime:

103 min | Argentina:104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Serbo-Croatian | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Budva, Montenegro

Company:

Initial Entertainment Group (IEG)

Trivia:

The aerial footage of landing in Africa was taken from the movie Outbreak (1995) as this film didn't have a big enough budget to film the scene. In turn the scene of civilians being lead from a bus to be executed is re-used as a flashback in the movie Behind Enemy Lines (2001).

Quotes:

[Guy is looking for a goat to milk to feed the baby]
Guy: Oh, you're a billy goat. I need a Biljana.

Movie Connections:

References "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990)

1942 or 1992 a word of warning on the human condition

At first on hearing Dennis Quaid I thought this would be usual "Hollywood Hero saves the world" offering from the Hollywood Studios. How wrong I was,Dennis Quaid gives a stunning performance of a good man struggling to understand a world of brutality and inhumanity. Against all odds he does what he thinks his right and realizes the baby represents the only hope he and the human race have? There will probably be critics from those who were involved the conflict who will say this is an inaccurate "Hollywood Version" of events.This may or may not be true, but what Quaid has done here is made a bridge from the world depicted here and the rest of the world not involved in the conflict, enabling us to understand it more.

This film is not mainstream enough to have become a blockbuster,with lots of honours, but I would like to think Quaid and Kinski will remain justifiably proud of their involvement in this film for all time.