Savages is the newest film from director Oliver Stone(Platoon, Wall Street). It centers around best friends Chon(Taylor Kitsch), a war vet and peace loving Ben(Aaron Johnson), who run a lucrative pot business. The glue that holds both together is a woman by the name of O(Blake Lively). When the Mexican drug cartel run by Elana(Salma Hayek) kidnaps O, the best friends must go to extreme measures to get her back. Complicating this process is DEA agent Dennis(John Travolta),whose motions are unknown, and the ruthless killer Lado(Benicio Del Toro), who is Elena's right hand man. Overall, I think the movie is ok. While I wasn't upset that I watched it, this movie is far from perfect. The narration,done by O in the film, will wear you down and make you want to pull your hair out. The only characters is the movie that have any depth to them is Elena and Ben. There is technically one action scene in the whole movie. By the time you get to the end, it leaves an unsatisfying taste in your mouth. This movie is like a special stew that you can wait to make. You put all the ingredients in and ,with the final results, you felt it would have been really good if you left this out and put this in. Wait for it to come on DVD and Blu ray before you watch this.
Rating: 6.8 out of 10
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