Like a blazing sun, the trailer for Oliver Stone’s Savages comes to the internet today. Based on a book, this story focuses on two men running a drug cartel who find themselves in a pickle when their shared girlfriend is kidnapped.
Yes
-Oliver Stone looks to have moved away from slick, pandering cinema (Wall Street 2) and back to his adventurous, violent roots (Natural Born Killers)
-the cinematography looks delightfully rich while still maintaining the grittiness of the drug world
-Salma Hayek and Demain Birchir as the head of a drug cartel with Benicio del Toro as a menacing henchman and John Travolta playing a shady federal agent? um yes please!
-Blake Lively as a shared girlfriend? intriguing!
-this line Salma said while calmly eating some food “Let me remind you that if I had to, I wouldn’t have a problem cutting both their throats.”
No
-the voice over was kinda cheesy hopefully it won’t be in the film
-didn’t we cover Mexican drug cartel movies with color schemes with Traffic?
Maybe So
-I’m a believer in Blake Lively and Taylor Kitsch but after recent missteps they have a lot to prove
This film looks like a fun romp so I’m a definite Yes based on the trailer. Film comes out July 6th