Oliver Stone has secured his place as one of the greatest
directors of his generation. Still he has never revisted the heights reached with Platoon.
Arguably Savages is one of his best
attempt to date. It an interesting story about the ongoing drug war. There is a
super cast with Benicio Del Toro putting in a wonderful portrayal of a drug
cartel lieutenant. John Travolta is
great as a slimy DEA agent. The male leads are split between Taylor Kitsch
(Friday Night Lights and John Carter) and Aaron Taylor Johnson (never heard of
him either) who play primo pot farmers, and Blake Lively who is the love
interest for both. Selma Hayek sizzles
as the leader of an evil drug cartel. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a measly 51%. Wrong
again.
Four Stars
This film looks interesting, might rent it. Also you appeared to have forgotten to name this post.
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Aaron Johnson's actually a pretty good actor, he was in Kick-Ass but he did a really good job as John Lennon in Nowhere Boy. I think you've been way too generous with your rating here though. This movie was pretty poorly executed in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI tend to be a generous marker. I go more with how the movie made me feel than more technical assesments or plot hole examination.
ReplyDeleteThis one is definitely on my 'must rent' list.
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