The first TV spot for director Oliver Stone’s Savages has gone online. The film stars Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson as two Laguna Beach marijuana kingpins who encounter a world of trouble when their shared girlfriend (Blake Lively) is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. Though Stone’s recent output hasn’t exactly been stellar, Savages looks to put him back in Platoon/Natural Born Killers territory and I’m eager to see his version of a large-scale action pic. This TV spot does a fine job of setting up the plot, but I’m not the biggest fan of song choice. Nevertheless, I like the footage we’ve seen thus far and the very talented Kitsch deserves to have at least one successful release this year. Here’s hoping for the best.
Hit the jump to watch the TV spot. The film also stars Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Demian Bichir, Emile Hirsch, Uma Thurman, and John Travolta. Savages opens July 6th.
Here’s the synopsis for Savages:
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.
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Salma Hayek needs to get divorced from the village idiot billionaire deadbeat dad husband because he never should have abandoned the son that he has with Linda Evangelista. Salma Hayek would be much better off without this obnoxious jerk and I wish that she had never even met him.
Seek help.
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Really looking forward to this one! After W and Wall Street 2, I’m really hoping Oliver Stone has a return to form here. Excited!
Taylor kitsch is box office ebola at this point,poor oliver
Battleship was just a stupid idea from the get go with a bad script and director to match. John Carter was a questionnable concept for a big budget movie. But why look at the deeper problems when you can bag on the actors to make yourself feel better?
Movie looks awesome and Stone looks like he’s back
I’ve read the book recently. It’s excellent. Not too much action in the book, more violence. But either way, this looks like it’s going to be a good watch.
Still not sure about Taylor Kitch portraying Chon (John)….not sure about that at all…