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Savages (2012)

Savages
Savages
R
Adventure
Crime
Documentary
Drama
Thriller

Release Date
July 6, 2012
Director
Oliver Stone
Cast
Blake Lively , Taylor Kitsch , Aaron Taylor-Johnson , Jana Banker , Candra Docherty , Patrick Fourmy
Runtime
131
Main Genre
Adventure
Writers
Shane Salerno , Don Winslow , Oliver Stone
Tagline
Directed by Oliver Stone

Summary

Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable marijuana producer, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry-raising some of the best weed 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.

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