Savages (2012) Hindi Dubbed (5.1 DD) & English [Dual Audio] BluRay 1080p 720p 480p [Full Movie]

i’m a huge oliver stone fan. aside from wall street 2 and Alexander, i love the work this man does. he’s a master filmmaker. savages shows me he hasn’t lost its edge. i read the book and it’s very quick and vulgar read. i thought it was awesome, so i was eagerly excited for the movie. there were some changes, most of them positive, but the film follows the source material very closely. two pot-growers/dealers, Chon (taylor kitsch), a former SEAL, now volatile and aggressive, and Ben (aaron Johnson), a business-minded botanist without a violent bone in his body, share the same girlfriend, the lovely and flighty o (blake lively). they live the high life and life is good until the baja cartel, run by Elena (selma hayek) want a piece of chon and Ben’s business, specifically their designer hydro that’s more pure than anything on the market. chon and Ben aren’t interested, so Elena has her vicious henchman, lado (benicio del toro) kidnap o, forcing Chon and Ben to comply. it isn’t long before Chon and Ben go to extenuating and violent measures to rescue o. what follows is a well-acted, beautifully shot, and blood-drenched film that with all things considered is an absolute blast. i’ve never been a fan of kitsch, but he turned me around with this one, giving a relaxed performance to a hot-headed character. Johnson, kick-ass himself, is excellent, going from decent pacifist to scared gunmen when pushed too far. hayek is great as well, especially in a scene toward the end when chon and Ben turn the tables on her. but the VIPs of this bad boy are del toro and john travolta (as a crooked DEA agent), as cruel madman and desperate dipshit respectively. an electric scene between the two of them made the movie for me and would’ve made me love it even if it was total crap. the movie’s not perfect. lively is stunning, but quite bland, especially given the caliber of bad ass she shares the screen with. and the end takes a left turn (different from the book) which i didn’t hate, but it definitely took away a bit of the story’s emotional core. even with that, it’s pretty great. stone goes more the natural born killers/u-turn route here, telling a regular story while not pushing any political or world view themes. it’s just a normal (albeit violent) film. it’s stunning to look at, highlighting lush shots of the beach, and action that’s tense and brutal, but it’s not as jumpy or erratically edited as films like JFK or natural born killers (though as a huge stone fan, i totally dig that). the violence and the sexual relationship between the three protagonists (the movie’s not really steamy) may turn the squeamish away, but stone fans are sure to dig it. overall, i’d recommend it to anyone and be eager to disagree with any naysayers. i loved it.