The first official look at the Oliver Stone directed thriller ‘Savages’ has made its way online. Seen in the new image is Gossip Girls’ actress Blake Lively of ‘The Town’ fame looking frantic and disheveled as longtime actor Benicio Del Toro taunts her, blowing smoke in her face. In the film Del Toro plays the head of a drug cartel who has nabbed Lively’s character, the girlfriend of both pot dealers Ben, played by Aaron Johnson of ‘Kick Ass’, and Chon, portrayed by Taylor Kitsch of ‘Friday Night Lights’.
Together Kitsch and Johnson will get caught up in a game of ransom after ignoring warnings from the local Mexican mafia. After their shared girlfriend is kidnapped, the Laguna Beach natives attempt to avoid paying out all of their drug earnings, with an interesting game plan to get her back before disappearing. ‘Savages’ also stars Uma Thurman, Selma Hayek, John Travolta, and Emile Hirsch. The movie will hit theaters on September 28th 2012. Check out the full synopsis below and tell us what you think of Stone’s latest venture.
“Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry–raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Blake Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town…until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.
When the merciless head of the BC, Elena, and her brutal enforcer, Lado, underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon–with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (John Travolta)–wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.”
