Its just bad. The cheesy voice overs are cringe worthy, the fact that two guys and one woman live together with strings free sex, the not caring when they get a video with people having their heads chopped off and the fact they clearly couldn't decide which ending to use so threw them both in.... I think I made a world record for eye rolls.The acting is bad and so is the story.Benicio and Selma are wasted in this film. Maybe they did is as a favour, I dunno...Oh and why the films called savages and that they will live like savages link even though they move to Indonesia. Do they think people don't know Indonesia is a modern society??I'm annoyed I watched this heap of fungus.

Nothing special. Plot just rambles along, with a few holes and inconsistencies in it. At no stage do you feel engaged by or empathy with the lead characters. Just intriguing enough to keep you interested. Oliver Stone's direction is solid though, especially considering the script and some of the actors he had to work with.Movies is marred by the lead performances, all by relatively unknown/B- grade actors. Blake Lively and Aaron Taylor-Johnson are out of their depth in the movie - both performances are weak and unconvincing. Taylor Kitsch is mostly OK though. Supporting cast is where the big names are: Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, John Travolta. Hayek and Del Toro give the most compelling performances of the movie - gritty and convincing. Travolta is irritating, trying too hard to be smooth and cool.

Oliver Stone has this ability to leave his mark on a movie, he has style, finesse and more importantly brings unbridled savagery to his subject matter. Whether he is telling the story of 'Ron Kovic' or exposing the corruption on 'Wall Street', his movies are tough. This is why 'Savages' is no exception, a standard storyline based around drugs and violence, Oliver Stone directs a brutal yet poetic film which manages to stand out amongst films of the same genre. The film follows two friends and their booming narcotics business who are forced to confront a violent and merciless drugs cartel, who take their shared girlfriend in exchange for a piece of their business. The film is way more superior to Ridley Scott's terrible 'The Counselor', which has some similarities to this movie. Everything about 'Savages' isn't great, but the film is different and clever, it adds style in the right places and never tries too hard to be anything it cannot be. Most importantly in my opinion, this excessively violent thriller actually allows the female artists to not only have major roles but also dominate the landscape of proceedings. Salma Hayek and Blake Lively were brilliant for me, they stole the show away from so many of their male counterparts. This is why 'Savages' is unique! @zulfmanauthor

I know of acclaimed director, Oliver Stone, who released one stylish, deep-thinking, gritty classic film after another. Now, we find that someone else has only gone and stolen his name and is releasing films, pretending to be him... oh, wait, my mistake - it IS Oliver Stone.Perhaps, Oliver Stone has suffered a nasty knock to the head recently and been duped into taking on this film when he wasn't thinking straight? Or maybe he was kidnapped by aliens and replaced with an identical clone who makes this sort of movie. Either way, it's hard to believe that the man who made Platoon, JFK and Natural Born Killers would stoop so low. Actually, that's unfair. If you're into gangster-type films and you just so happened to watch this, you may think it wasn't that bad. Nothing brilliant, but certainly not rubbish. And you'd be right. However, it's an OLIVER STONE film, therefore with that sort of quality name attached to it, you just expect much more.It's about a trio of drug dealers (two men and one woman), all of which are 'in love.' Then, one day their threesomes are interrupted by a nasty ol' Mexican cartel demanding they take over their business. Then, to make matters worse, the Cartel Cliché only go and kidnap the two guys' girl, leaving them with no one for their ménage a trois. Therefore, they have to go on a rampage to get her back.Now, this set-up leaves us with some awkward questions. First of all the three 'heroes' are all drug dealers. They live a carefree and lavish lifestyle and it's hard to give a damn whether they get completely wiped out by the Mexicans or not. Secondly, the girl (or Blake Lively) is possibly the most annoying on-screen character this side of Jar Jar Binks. The whole first half hour of the film is taken up with her voice-over, making her come across as a voice in your head which just won't go away. Then, even when she does get kidnapped, she starts complaining about the accommodation and food the drug dealers are offering. Seriously... if I was those two guys I would have placed an add for a new threesome partner online and left her to the Mexicans a long time ago!Plus the film is long. It tries to be epic, but it does drag in places. Then you have John Travolta, popping up occasionally to majorly overact. To counter this you have the - normally excellent - Benicio Del Toro coming across as if he's half asleep.Don't get me wrong, the film isn't bad. There are a few cool scenes to make you sit up and take notice, but the whole package just seems a bit underdeveloped and not worthy of Oliver Stone's name.If you really like gangster/drug deal films, then give it a go - you might like it. But, a lot of criticism has been poured on its ending. I won't give anything away, but I'll certainly say it's novel. You'll either love it or hate it.