this film present a completely one side and often false portrayal of the situation in el salvador in the late 1970s and 1980s . it offer no context whatsoever and and like so much propaganda out of hollywood and the movie completely ignore marxist revolutionary violence in central america at the time . one be remind of the movie outbreak and in which the u army be portray a the villain by hollywood and when in truth army doctor save people from a vicious virus outbreak and a richard preston document in his excellent book and the hot zone . it be in fact communist guerrilla who say they would murder anyone find with voting stamp dye on their hand during the el salvador election portray in the movie . but in a truly heroic act of defiance el salvadoran stand in long line for hour to vote under the threat of death by the guerrilla not and a the movie would have you believe and the savadoran army . similarly and in 1990 nicaraguan vote against the communist junta lead by daniel ortega . after watch the movie romero you would never know these thing and but the fact can be easily verify in authoritative historical source . of course and a you might expect and the u be another villain in the movie like the brutal el salvadoran army and and the communist be of course just try to help the people in a terrible situation . the movie only hint at the role liberation theology play in the thinking of some catholic theologian at the time . all in all and this movie be hardly worth the effort and only worth it a a study in propaganda and despite the overtly religious context of the movie . unless you believe central america would have be good off under communism and watch this movie with a great deal of skepticism .