I just saw the Olive Stone picture Savages and was pretty impressed with it. Blake Lively does well as the "star", but like so many shows/films now it ties together a lot of complex stories that are all intertwined. It has a great cast: Benicio del Toro, Salma Hayek, Lively, Taylor Kitsch (in a good film for a change), Emile Hirsch (very minor role), and Aaron Johnson (not a fan). It follows Kitsch, Johnson and Lively as the best weed growers in the world living in Laguna Beach. A cartel wants to partner with them, grow their business, etc. Johnson is a hippie and the brains, Kitsch is a badass ex-soldier and is the brawn. They rebuke the cartel, madness ensues. You have some gruesome acts, I just expected more from the trailers I saw. The movie is about 2.5 hours, but it moves quickly and is thoroughly entertaining. Del Toro, per usual, is the real scene stealer. His portrayal of a soulless psycho is amazing and genuinely disturbing/scary.
Bottom Line: 7.3 out of 10. I put it higher than IMDB and liked it. Johnson's character really bothered me with his hippie/pussy bullshit, but it's still very likeable and has a good and surprising ending. It's worth seeing in theaters, but you can wait for the rental too.
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