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6.4Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Cast
- Taylor Kitsch as Chon
- Blake Lively as Ophelia 'O' Sage
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Ben
- John Travolta as Dennis
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Elena
- Benicio del Toro as Lado
Themes
- explosive
- widow
- american abroad
- eye gouging
- dea agent
- shot
- southern california
- surrogate daughter
- laguna beach, california
- enforcer
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
138,401 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Oliver Stone
- Screenplay by
- Shane Salerno Oliver Stone Don Winslow
- Based on
- Savages , by Don Winslow
- Produced by
- Moritz Borman Eric Copeloff
- Starring
- Taylor Kitsch Blake Lively Aaron Johnson John Travolta Benicio del Toro Salma Hayek
- Cinematography
- Dan Mindel
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing Stuart Levy Alex Marquez
- Music by
- Adam Peters
- Production companies
- Relativity Media Ixtlan Productions
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- June 25, 2012 ( 2012-06-25 ) ( Westwood ) July 6, 2012 ( 2012-07-06 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $83 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 131
- FilmAffinity ID
- 364974
- Official website
- www.savagesfilm.com
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 2012-06-25
- title
- Savages
- Commons category
- Savages (2012 film)
- review score
- 59/100
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Savages is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Oliver Stone. Its screenplay, written by Stone, Don Winslow and Shane Salerno, is based on Winslow's 2010 novel. It stars Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Benicio del Toro, Demián Bichir, Salma Hayek, and John Travolta. The film follows two cannabis growers, Chon, an ex-Navy SEAL, and Ben, who are best friends, as they confront the Mexican drug cartel that kidnapped their girlfriend.
The film was released by Universal Pictures on July 6, 2012, to mixed reviews, and grossed $83 million worldwide on a $45 million budget.