Overview
A father's quest for vengeance leads him down a dark path of redemption and moral conflict.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- bleak
- tense
- serious film night
- historical war cinema viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard it as a powerful, brutally honest war drama whose unflinching depiction of prejudice and atrocity is anchored by Dennis Quaid's performance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Joshua Rose turns revenge for his family's deaths into indiscriminate anti-Muslim violence as a Serb sniper.
Joshua's central objective becomes escorting pregnant Vera and her baby to a Red Cross refugee office.
Joshua's military service functions as an excuse to kill Muslims, directly embodying the film's critique of prejudice posing as patriotism.
The journey through 1993 Bosnia toward Split unfolds amid prisoner swaps, Serb forces, Muslim Bosniaks, refugees, and recurring atrocity.
Films like Savior, and why
The Thin Red Line
shared brutal antiwar drama, moral injury, and psychologically damaged protagonist amid modern armed conflict
No Man's Land
shared war-film realism, civilian suffering, and condemnation of ideological violence
Welcome to Sarajevo
shared Bosnian War setting, atrocity-focused drama, and morally compromised combatants
Harrison's Flowers
shared redemption arc, refugee peril, and intimate human drama within wartime devastation
Movie Details
- Director
- Predrag Antonijević
- Release Date
- 1998-06-01
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (194)
Cast
- Dennis Quaid
- Pascal Rollin
- Catlin Foster
- Stellan Skarsgård
- John Maclaren
- Nataša Ninković
- Nastassja Kinski
- Sergej Trifunović
- Nebojša Glogovac
- Kosta Andrejevic
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Savior about?
- A vengeful foreign-service officer turned Serb sniper confronts the human cost of hatred while escorting a traumatized pregnant woman through war-torn Bosnia.
- What is Savior like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Savior as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Savior violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Savior as graphic.
- What did critics think of Savior?
- Critics broadly regard it as a powerful, brutally honest war drama whose unflinching depiction of prejudice and atrocity is anchored by Dennis Quaid's performance.
- Which films are like Savior?
- Films with a similar feel include The Thin Red Line, No Man's Land, Welcome to Sarajevo, and Harrison's Flowers.
- How long is Savior?
- Savior runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch Savior?
- In United States, Savior is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
