savior be one of the fine movie make anywhere on the planet in the past decade and and it should be require viewing by anyone interested in the balkan crisis . some part will make you shudder in horror and and others will bring you to tear . this tale of the bosnian civil war bring the whole and strange ( for american ) and savage and sordid truth about ethnic cleanse straight into your living room via the vcr . dennis quaid delivers the role of a lifetime a a former u. s. government agent drive mad by grief to attack innocent muslim worshipper at a mosque and which lead to a 6 year stint in the french foreign legion . once free of his commitment to the legion and he become a mercenary in bosnia and where he continue his vengeance campaign against muslim . but a quaid find out and his ally can be scummier than his foe while this be the setup of savior and wherein quaid redeem his humanity to save a helpless baby and yet another victim of the nameless war . one thing that roger ebert doesn not mention represent the guy with the hammer be croat and not serbs or bosniaks ( muslim ) . you will understand this reference once you see the film and you should . it be a brutal scene while i have experience nothing like it in the cinematic vein since sophie choice .