darbski ****SPOILERS**** Read No Further. If you haven't already seen this production, do so before you read this review - you'll thank yourself later, believe me. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing everyone else was - why didn't Quaid just shoot the s.o.b. before he killed the girl? In my humble, but correct opinion, SHE was the savior in this movie. she was the one who sang the lullaby to her baby before she was so brutally murdered; thereby saving Quaid and the kid. As crappy as it sounds to say, I was really torn up by the who-was-who in this confusing mass of contradictions, until that point. It became very clear, then, that neither side was truly innocent. The next "cleansing" that takes place over there will probably prove that out. It is always very interesting to watch religions at work on each other; so convinced that they are right that they can get away with anything. The settings were truthfully bleak, the 10th century minds were horribly real, the ending was not hopeful, except, just possibly the kid's....and Quaid's. Mr. Quaid's acting was very good, but I have a problem with his continual frown. See, when you've done so much killing, it becomes routine, long after the anger has left -- I believe. Kinsky's part was too small, and I bought the movie from Amazon... Just to remind myself that people are sometimes very courageous, indeed. This is a strong 10.

gogoschka-1 This is one of the - very - few war films that actually show war for what it really is, and what it means for the civilians caught up in it. There are no impressive explosions and visual effects, adrenaline-driven missions or brotherly scenes of camaraderie. This film shows humanity's dark side without flinching. Hard to stomach but highly recommended. 8 stars out of 10.In case you're interested in more underrated masterpieces, here's some of my favorites:imdb.com/list/ls070242495

NateWatchesCoolMovies Savior is not an easy film to watch. At times it's downright excruciating. But it's also beautiful, and takes its subject matter very, very seriously, with not a cliché in sight for the entire duration. It's also has the best Dennis Quaid performance in his whole career. He is a charming, roguish guy known for his million dollar smile and good natured way. Here he drops all of that for a solemn, tortured turn that leaves your heart in a vice grip and your hands gripping the chair. He plays a military operative whose wife (Natassja Kinski) and little son are slaughtered in a terrorist bombing in Paris. He promptly walks down the street to the nearest mosque, enters and shoots everyone in the place. That's in the first ten minutes of the film. As an escape route he enters a special faction of the French Foreign Legion with his buddy (Stellan Skarsgaard in an excellent but quick appearance), whose task it is to bring some kind of order to the war against n Bosnia. There he finds himself the caretaker of a Bosnian girl who was raped and is pregnant with a Muslim child. Their journey across a ruined, confusing, harrowing country in crisis is one that will give you nightmares. But amidst the horror there is humanity, and a sense that he's trying to find the force within himself, and right his path to help this girl as best he can. There are no good guys or bad guys in this one. Just people swept up by conflict and hate against their will, in constant danger of the raging genocidal fury that lies just outside their door. Quaid steers the film with his rock jawed, stoic intensity, and the girl, played by is phenomenal, her last scene a haunting exodus that will leave you with goosebumps to go along with your nausea. This is a brutal, brutal movie though. Not even in the sense of the specific violence they show, it's the cold, frank context of it that gets under the skin of your soul. But it shows that even a person who emerges from a violent, scorched past into an environment like that can make somewhat of a difference. Very overlooked war film that shows war with no filter, no glossy heroics. Just what it is.

ladygreenlife Yes this is a good movie but not as developed as it could be. I think it fell short for the part of audience who have been through such a tragic unbearable events and the part that have not been through such things ( hope they are more than the first category) are not able to actually touch the depth of the situation and have to rely on what they have hared and their environment. I think the writer, who has a noble sense of humanity tried to protect himself from the hurt and despair these kind of subject will cause to heart and at the same time that he was trying to develop the story. The meson scene is not as best as it could be. Some times it feels like the cast have not grasped the depth of the characters they represent. It's a very good movie but it could be better, this subject needs realistic art to be expressed thoroughly. There's a Canadian movie named shake hand with the devil which is about peace makers in Rwanda and it has expressed the subject way better than this one. If you like this movie I suggest you watch "Shake Hands with the Devil ".