the 20th century history of central and south america can be compress into the film romero . i be not go to comment on why this part of the world have be so long plague by such violence and repression while that up to sociologist . although thing a they stand in 2007 be no where near as bad a they have be and there be still completely wild area in the america ( part of columbia be in anarchy with rebel group still fight a very long war ) . central america saw some of the most brutal and repressive civil war and regime . guatamala and el salvador saw exceptionally horrible level of death and destruction . el salvador and which this film depicts and be in the throe of yet another wave of civil disorder and pit the large and very poor underclass against the small number of privileged upper class with predictable result . the army be use a a brutal and murderous machine and act out the dark idea of the right wing . the u aid the right wing because u foreign policy blindly label all rebellious group in the america a communist insurgent and work overtime to eliminate them . that the backdrop to this film . the murder of archbishop romero be but the beginning of a ten year civil war that saw over 50 and 000 death in el salvador . the film be hard on the nerve to watch a all depiction of depravity and death be . the actor have put their best into this important film . two of them be sadly no longer with u represent richard jordan and raul julia . jordan shone in this film ( and even more in one of my favorite gettysburg ) . julia probably give his most memorable performance . he be by turn shy and sedate and stir and outrage and shock and break down . his depiction shadow that of the real romero and one get a sense that julia have more than enough raw material to work with and that the script and storyline would support strong acting . in short and by the tragic end and we be emotionally drain and very upset and a we should be . if there be ever to be justice in this world and and it a big if and then we can start by demand that perpetrator of violence be deal with appropriately and not allow sanctuary and support . of course the chance of this happen while you live in a client state of the u be slim . a sad and wrench depiction of both romero short career a archbishop and of the black hole that overcome el salvadore . as grim a they come but important to watch and take note of .