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 Post subject: Oliver Stone's Savages
PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:22 pm 
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Three-time Oscar®-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone returns to the screen with the ferocious thriller Savages, featuring the all-star ensemble cast of Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir. The film is based on Don Winslow’s best-selling crime novel that was named one of The New York Times’ Top 10 Books of 2010.

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

The Film Stars:

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Emile Hirsch
Uma Thurman
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:01 pm 
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last OS film i saw was platoon


it was great, and this looks good (i can tell from that poster)

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:42 pm 
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Looks interesting, at least Oliver Stone isn't doing the self-indulgent bullshit that composed his work of the last decade.

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official trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmY_YAMpNd0


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:44 pm 
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Looks alright...though I'll blame the fact that it reminds me of a Tony Scott film on Stone's lack of a presence in the last couple of years.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:53 pm 
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well this looks like it will be good, stone did the right thing in casting well-knowns.

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I'm actually really excited for this.
Looks fun.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:18 pm 
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I'd watch it. Looks fun.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:00 am 
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Given that I live in an area where crazy things happen all the time due to the drug wars, I'm iffy about any movie that tackles this, especially in the stylized manner this one seems to carry on. That said, I think I'll actually watch this. It looks fun and intense, with a nice touch I've not seen from Stone in years. I don't get the Tony Scott comparisons. It's not like he has a monopoly on crazy visuals and action flicks. What is it with the Babel-esque poster, by the way? Same designer?

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