SAVAGES FILM REVIEW

 Release Date: 21st September 2012

Age Certificate: 15

Running Time: 130 mins

Directors: Oliver Stone

Writers: Shane Salerno Don Winslow and Oliver Stone.
Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively

Another Sky Movies film, and this time I’m reviewing ‘Savages’, Oliver Stone’s 2012 film. You always enjoy the anticipation to sit down and watch an Oliver Stone film because his forte is making controversial films. ‘Savages’ brings us drugs, guns, explosions, sex and some more violence. A nice family film. 

Weed growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnap their shared girlfriend.

The film brings some good acting to the table, especially by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, his character is the one that the audience is supposed to care for. This is because he doesn’t kill anyone and has a conscience; he is more of the brains behind this drug interface. 

Chon, played by Taylor Kitsch, is the muscle behind the operation. Their relationship is obviously tight as they both share the same girl. And that girl is Blake Lively, she played her role well in The Town, and she played this one okay to. However, in The Town she did play a ‘women who gets around’ and in ‘Savages’ she lets two guys share her. So yes, she probably has been type casted. 

Benicio Del Toro also does a very good job of being the ‘bad guy’, very creepy and very unpredictable which is what you need to make a good villain. Also...John Travolta is in this film! And he actually isn’t that bad. That’s as much as I can say about him though. 

The story is intriguing I’ll give it that but I’m just saying if you were a leader of a drug operation you would keep your daughter in your sight all of the time and protected. But that isn’t the thing that ruins this film, the ending does. They play out about ten minutes of the scene and then rewind, it’s like they said, ‘you know what I didn’t like that, let’s shoot it again’. It was stupid. 

Oliver Stone has added another controversial film to his list. It went down a treat in some parts, kept you wanting to watch until the end. However, when the end did come I felt like crawling up into a ball and crying.    

7.0/10