Oliver Stone, beginning to be the state conscience of his siring, hits unalterable at America's 'backyard' policies that allowed Central American dictatorships to embellishment while death squads freely committed atrocities.
Based on the unfeigned-life experiences of newscaster Richard Boyle (played here by James Woods) in El Salvador between 1980 and 1981, the is an wild and political sledgehammer. Salvador features a intense pastime of the assassination of Archbiship Romero and the sickening aftermath of the murder of several American nuns, committed with US second.
Woods' interpretation is electrifying, and Belushi is an effective sleazeball. But while the double can barely be enjoyed along the lines of Hunter Thompson's Dr Gonzo and Raoul Duke,...
