Official Synopsis: Three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker
Oliver Stone returns to the screen with the ferocious thriller
Savages, featuring the all-star ensemble cast of
Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and
Demian Bichir. The film is based on
Don Winslow’s best-selling crime novel that was named one of The New York Times’ Top 10 Books of 2010.
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry—raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town…until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.
When the merciless head of the BC, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon—with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta)—wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Starring : Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, John Travolta, Benicio del Toro, Salma Hayek, Demián Bichir.
Director : Oliver Stone.
Screenplay : Shane Salerno, Don Winslow, Oliver Stone, based on a novel by Don Winslow.
Running Time : 130 min.
Rated : R for strong brutal and grisly violence, some graphic sexuality, nudity, drug use and language throughout.
Critical Response:
- Rottentomatoes: 53% (55 fresh, 48 rotten, score: 5.9/10).
- Metacritic: 62 out of 100 (23 positive, 8 mixed, 4 negative).
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