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 cartel, Elena, and her enforcer, Lado, underestimate the unbreakable bond of the three friends, Ben and Chon, with the reluctant assistance of a dirty DEA agent, 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.
(Synopsis from Universal)
Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Oliver Stone, Don Winslow and Shane Salerno. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Travolta, Benicio del Toro and Salma Hayek.
More of a thriller than horror, Savages is a very interesting story. An unconventional relationship mixed with a fair amount of gore, action packed scenes and great dialogue created a unique viewing experience.
All three leads are in a polyamorous relationship which helped grab my attention from the start and kept me engaged in the story to see if this scenario would play a factor throughout the film.
The all-star cast made this one a real treat to watch although it was nothing close to what I was expecting to see after viewing the trailer prior to it's original release. My mindset was that it resembled something along the lines of the "Army of Two" video game series, thanks to how the theatrical trailer was played out and it's use of heavy weaponry and face masks which reminded me of said video game.
Thoroughly a great watch! The story was so different that it made it much more interesting and enjoyable in comparison a lot of other movies from the action / thriller genre which leads me to giving Savages an 8 out of 10.
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