"Popular resistance to a series of unpopular dictators was growing in Nicaragua for over 50 years. By the spring of 1979, Nicaraguans rom all walks of life joined together in a final attempt to overthrow President Anastasio 'Tacho' Somoza."
The movie "Under Fire" is about a photojournalist named Russell (Nick Nolte) who was in Nicaragua trying to capture the fighting via camera. In 1986, a similar movie was released titled, "Salvador," with James Wood and Jim Belushi that was about the civil war in El Salvador. I thought "Salvador" was a lot better. Woods and Belushi were more entertaining characters than an old Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman.
"Under Fire" got a little bit into the politics of the situation and, of course, the depravity of war, but it was never as intense as it could've, or should've, been. Plus, the love triangle between Russell, Alex (Gene Hackman), and Claire (Joanna Cassidy) was nauseating. It was such an unnecessary distraction. Russell was the main character, I know, but it was almost like his life was the main story with a civil war as a back drop.
The movie "Under Fire" is about a photojournalist named Russell (Nick Nolte) who was in Nicaragua trying to capture the fighting via camera. In 1986, a similar movie was released titled, "Salvador," with James Wood and Jim Belushi that was about the civil war in El Salvador. I thought "Salvador" was a lot better. Woods and Belushi were more entertaining characters than an old Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman.
"Under Fire" got a little bit into the politics of the situation and, of course, the depravity of war, but it was never as intense as it could've, or should've, been. Plus, the love triangle between Russell, Alex (Gene Hackman), and Claire (Joanna Cassidy) was nauseating. It was such an unnecessary distraction. Russell was the main character, I know, but it was almost like his life was the main story with a civil war as a back drop.