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STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED |
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FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 15 |  | Cast John Travolta Uma Thurman Aaron Johnson Blake Lively Taylor Kitsch Salma Hayek Benicio Del Toro |  | Directors Oliver Stone |  | Screenwriters Shane Salerno Don Winslow Oliver Stone |  | Running Time 131 minutes |
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Savages Gone to pot

Plot Ben (Johnson), Chon (Kitsch) and O (Lively) are happy living a relatively easy Laguna Beach life funded by the boys’ pot business. But then the Baja Cartel, run by the fearsome Elena (Hayek) comes calling with a proposition, and the price of turning it down will be very high indeed... Verdict What could have been an effective excoriation of US drug policy and a proper look at the violence inherent in the trade is wasted on a simplistic thriller that offers very little, especially given who is behind the camera. Sorry if that harshes anyone’s buzz.
 Reviewed by William ThomasRead The Full Empire Review » Click for the full Empire review and post your own review and rating.
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