Savages

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Chris S @Janomi Jun 28 Savages takes a simple premise and turns it into an entertaining crime thriller. Two successful marijuana growers refusing to sell to a ruthless cartel creates an immediate conflict, and the escalating battle of strategy, loyalty, and survival keeps the story moving. Oliver Stone directs with confidence, giving the film plenty of style through sharp editing, strong visuals, and bursts of intense violence that rarely let the tension fade. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Taylor Kitsch make an effective duo, with their contrasting personalities giving the central partnership credibility. Benicio del Toro is especially memorable as the unpredictable Lado, while Salma Hayek and John Travolta bring plenty of screen presence whenever they appear. The biggest weakness is the central relationship with O, which never feels convincing enough to give the story the emotional weight it needs. Even so, the strong cast, moral ambiguity, and consistently engaging pace make Savages an entertaining watch. See more Matt R @RT24057415 Jun 12 Blake Lively is such an astonishingly terrible actor. But this movie does seem like it was made for tween girls. See more Blu B @RT43513976 Oct 6 It's a good idea and touches on subject matters that films like Sicario & Lethal Weapon have done but nowhere near the same level of success and yet another dissappointment for Stone post 80-90's heyday. I honestly can't even tell it's him half the time. The trademark direction is all but gone at this point. The acting isn't good which is a true shame given the high quality cast here. Everyone is trying and giving effort but it's the clunky dialouge that really weighs this down. Right out of the gates the dialouge is bad but it does get more stable but still clunky. The music is boring generic and forgettable and everything else isn't good. The action is so basic in this. The character development of the main trio feels very rushed in the first few minutes. Lively's narration doesn't add anything at all to this. Than it gets extremely jumpy, convuluted, and boring. When she gets captured and the boys trying to get a plot together to bust her out it keeps jumping terribly between the two. It feels like two seperate films and it feels like stuff just happens. Than there is other scenes like the Del Toro sideplot that makes it so hard to follow and bloated with the runtime. Del Toro is alright and probably the best thing in this for what it's worth. Any commentary this may have about drugs is completely lost also. This could work. But the dialouge, unneeded sideplots, rushed character setup, and more than anything the unfocused two main stories are what kill this. It is a pretty setting half the time though and the backgrounds look good. But the scenes themselves are boring and don't really stand out. Skip this. See more Timothy T @Horrorfan4life 05/12/2024 This could've easily been a 90 minute movie. It still was better than I expected it to be. Blake lively was lovely as always and Travolta was good. Just enough violence to keep the story interesting. Salma Hayek was a delight. See more Frieda J @RT05947457 11/19/2023 Salma Hayek does a great turn in this movie and looks great. John Travolta plays an interesting character part. Benecio del Toro portrays such a twisted violent character. Honestly, I don't know how he can wind down after a day on the set playing that role. In general the film is way too graphically violent for my taste. Some of the premise of the story is pretty thin. 3 big stars named above captivated my interest enough to see it all the way through. See more Julie K @RT77356885 07/16/2023 I see this once a year .. love the cars, characters and fun .. salma and blake rocked it See more Read all reviews

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