Savages

Savages

Rating 4 out of 10

When I bought my ticket for Savages I wasn't expecting an elaborate plot line.  With Oliver Stone directing I didn't really even expect it to make sense.  I mostly expected a good action revenge movie with a high body count.  I guess for the most part I did get that.  With the good cast I just expected a little more.

Taylor Kitsch is turning into a pretty good action star even if he can't pick a good movie to be in (John Carter?).  Here he plays John.  He and his partner Ben are drug dealers in Souther California.  Not content to just sell to all the legal pot places they have out there they start selling on the illegal market.  As is always the case their stuff is always the best around.  True these two are drug dealers BUT there are good drug dealers. They are nice to everyone and even help the poor kids in Africa get fresh water in their off time.  They also share the same shapely blonde girlfriend (Blake Lively) who likes to get high alot and have sex with both guys.

When the mean Mexican drug cartel wants them to join up with them they politely say no.  The leader ( Salma Hayek- I'd watch her read the phone book) doesn't like people saying no.  She sends her head thug Lado (Benicio Del Toro- He used to be a good actor.  Here is is more of a crazy joke) to kidnap the blonde girlfriend.

That just makes John and Ben mad. With the help of corrupt DEA agent (John Travolta when he wasn't getting a massage) goes after the bad guys (gals).

The story just doesn't play out well.  A movie like this has to speed along and keep the action rolling.  Instead this one seems to drag you down the road where you know what is going to happen and wish it would just get here.  Throw in a really stupid ending that will make you say bad words and I'd say rent this one if you must.  It's a shame Oliver Stone wasted such a good cast.