Savages (2012)

Release date: 2012-07-06
Country: USA
Language: English|Spanish
Director: Oliver Stone
Production Co: Ixtlan, Onda Entertainment, Relativity Media
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 2h 11min

Storyline

In California, the former Navy SEAL Chon and his best friend, the peaceful botanist Ben, are successful entrepreneurs producing and dealing high-quality weed. Chon brought seeds from Afghanistan and Ben used his knowledge to develop the best marijuana in the country. Chon and Ben share the pothead lover Ophelia and she loves both of them since they complete each other - Chon is a powerful and strong lover and Ben is a sensible and loving lover. Their comfortable life changes when the Mexican Baja Cartel demands a partnership in their business. Chon and Ben refuse the deal and the leader of the cartel Elena sends her right-arm in America, Lado, to abduct Ophelia to press the American drug dealers. Chon and Ben ask the support of the dirty DEA Agent Dennis and get inside information to begin a secret war against the Baja Cartel to release Ophelia.

Plot Keywords

marijuana, beach, marijuana joint, ambush, gun in mouth, torture, held captive, shot in the back, sniper rifle, decapitation, afghanistan veteran, brutality, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, title spoken by character, neo noir, male rear nudity, character says i love you, dea, southern california, female frontal nudity

Short Review

The film would have been so much more interesting if the two men had been identical twins played by the same actor-like Jeremy Irons in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers.