Savages - new Oliver Stone movie

[Mike Manson]

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http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/savages/trailer

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, Uma Thurman, 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.

 

[View 1]

Cant believe I missed this, just got emailed the trailer and damn this shit looks sick.

 

[illuminati_guy]

cool. i haven't been interested about oliver stone movies in years but this looks dope

 

[SLOW rhythm]

Really enjoyed what I could, I've gotta see this again though.. damn theater was so fucking hot. anyone else check this out

 

[JLMACN]

Yea I saw this flick....


ok so we all know the story line is really fucking stupid but there was some decent action and I thought the plot was ok until these 2 white guys bring down a whole cartel............

On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the best) I give it a good 6......

After the movie I thought that I paid to see Salma Hayek naked but NOPE!

 

[ColdBlooded]

Shit looks terrible

 

[Ethereal]

until these 2 white guys bring down a whole cartel

I haven't seen it yet but this is my biggest gripe. Everyone I've talked to about this movie I've pretty much told them that it looks dope as fuck except for the fact that, when you watch the trailer, it makes it look like two fucking white kids take down an entire Mexican drug cartel. I understand that this is the nature of movies - unbelievable things happen all the time. We take it at face value, suspend disbelief and try to enjoy the film. But you have to explain how/why they were able to do it. Simply having us assume they're "badass" and "pissed off" is not even remotely enough. We all know these guys would have had their bodies dismembered an hour into their quest.

Bottom line: The Matrix is more believable than 2 white guys taking down a Mexican cartel.

With that said I'm still going to see it and I have hope that it wuill still be good. I've heard good things about it so we'll see.

 

[FerrerSF]

when the girl was talking all the hippy bullshit and was them 3 it was boring but all the cartel shit was coo. Benicio Del Toro and Salma Hayek were good in it. the ending was bullshit. i should of waited till it was on HBO, not worth going to the theater for

 

[VERSACERO]

Movie fucking sucked the cartel shit was weak,Del toro was funny as a creepy Mexican.

 

[DubbC415]

To me there's nothing that separates this from any other "drug trade/thriller" movie. Certain lines and ideas were kinda made cheesy by the trailer. It wasn't bad, necessarily, but there are a couple stupid things that, to me, make the movie not as serious.

 

[ColdBlooded]

When i watched the trailer and it said "From the writer of Scarface!" I was like "the siccness is going to cream themselves over this one".

 

[HEAVYMETALGANGSTER]

movie was weak, only thing exciting was when they jacked the money from those cartel guys, reminded me of the stuff we did over seas, well not jacking cartels but tactical ways of fucking up the enemy hahaha, but del toro was funny and creepy.

 

[milkky]

thinking about going to see this... doesnt seem like it would be a horrible waste of time or money.. better than anything else thats out right now

 

[$migg Cant Rap]

selma hayek looked like a tard in this. i never thought she could look so unfuckable.






not that she looked unfuckable. but she sure looked retarded with that hair.

boooo this movie

 

[Mcthuggin99]

I thought it was alright, Del Toro was excellent in it IMO. Salma with the wig was intentional because her character was scared of looking old.

and I didnt really take the movie seriously because of the fact that its gonna take more than two guys and some Navy Seal buddies to take down the Mexican cartel. but Stone did a good job of showing the shit that the cartels really do to people.

and besides, they really didnt take down the cartel in the movie, SPOiLER..... they just robbed one of their stashes, kidnapped the leader's daughter, and ended with the leader getting arrested. Lado still went with the other cartel, and is making money, DEA guy played by Travolta took credit for taking down the cartel even though he got payed 3 Mill and the cartel was still just as strong

 

[WXS STOMP3R]

it was aiiiight...not one of my top ten crime dramas...but cool for a watch or two

 

[infinity]

It was okay. I wouldn't really recommend it. Blake Lively is a terrible actress. Cinematography was good. And to those of you saying "oh no way 2 white guys can take down the Mexican cartel" it was NAVY SEALS and there were like 7 of them, and they only killed like 10 or so people. And it was explained in the movie why the "cartel" was struggling. It seemed like a pretty small operation. 5.5/10