Find Out Why SAVAGES Emerged Our Movie Of The Week

SAVAGES - Movie of the week

Hi movie watchers. There's a blazing hot action movie on the verge of hitting cinema screens all over the world and it's titled SAVAGES.


Beyond the quality of this movie's story line and impressive ability of the actors to get into character, all it takes for this movie to climb into the list of must-watch for most would be its trailer.

This is one movie that is loaded with a lot of twists and turns bound to lure you deeper and deeper into the movie's addictive depths.

Savages is a 2012 American crime–thriller film directed and co-written by Oliver Stone. It is based on the novel of the same name by Don Winslow, who co-wrote the script with Stone and Shane Salerno. The film is set for release July 6, 2012, and features an ensemble cast including Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro and John Travolta.

When their hippie girlfriend, O (short for Ophelia) (Blake Lively), is kidnapped, two marijuana growers – University of California, Berkeley graduate Ben (Aaron Johnson) and former U.S. Navy SEAL Chon (Taylor Kitsch) – confront a Mexican drug cartel formally called the Baja Cartel (led by Elena Sanchez (a.k.a Elena La Reina) (Salma Hayek) and Miguel (a.k.a. Lado) (Benicio del Toro) to rescue her. John Travolta plays a corrupt DEA agent.

Here's the cast:


    Taylor Kitsch as Chon
    Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Ben
    Blake Lively as Ophelia "O"
    Salma Hayek as Elena, the film's Main Antagonist
    Sandra Echeverria as Magda
    Diego Cataño as Esteban
    Emile Hirsch as Spin
    Joel David Moore as Craig
    John Travolta as Dennis
    Demián Bichir as Alex
    Trevor Donovan as Matt
    Ralph Echemendia as Wiley
    Benicio del Toro as Lado, the film's Secondary Antagonist
    Gillian Zinser
    Mía Maestro
    Amber Dixon as Sophia

Hold your seats and keep your eyes on the calendar as its July 6 release date draws closer.

By Samod Biobaku
simplysamad@yahoo.com