Three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone returns to t he screen with the ferocious thriller Savages\, featuring the all-star ense mble cast of Taylor Kitsch\, Blake Lively\, Aaron Johnson\, John Travolta\, Benicio Del Toro\, Salma Hayek\, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir.
\nThe 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 entrepreneur s Ben (Johnson)\, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist\, and his closest frie nd 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 (Live ly). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town.until the Mexican Ba ja 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 f riends\, Ben and Chon-with the reluctant\, slippery assistance of a dirty D EA agent (Travolta)-wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high s takes\, savage battle of wills.
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