I partially liked this movie because it brings forth the cruelty the military showed during the war. However, I had family members that where in the military during the war, and I can assure you that not every soldier was as brutal as they portrayed them in the movie. This movie was truly one sided, and about the recruitment of 12 year old kids, that's a lie. However, the military would recruit kids from the ages of 15 and up. My cousin joined the army of El Salvador when he was 15, and was fighting in the war at the age of 16. The military would kill everyone who would openly oppose it. There is the killing of the Jesuit priest, and the murdered of Archbisop Romero, which shows that many military leaders where not prejudice when killing. We have as an example the massacre of el Mosote. Where the military went into a village, and destroyed it, and killed every one. But lets not leave the guerrilla as novel freedom fighters. In the movie, the guerrilla is portrait as the good guys. But in reality, they where as brutal as the military. The maid my aunt had was a guerrilla captive, and she said the guerrilla would take the women and make them do the cooking, washing, and would be raped for the sexual amusement of the guerrilla soldiers. In reality, the guerrilla would take young boys from the ages of 12, and make them fight in combat. You can say that from the 75,000 deaths in the war, not counting the unknown graves. Probably about 50 percent of the killing was done by the guerrilla.
Review of Innocent Voices
