What is Savages about?
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Two pot growers confront a Mexican drug cartel in a gritty, tense, and pulpy thriller.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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Savages parents guide
For an R, this one goes further: strong sex and nudity. Beyond that, brutal violence and frequent strong language.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Graphic gore
- Blood and wounds shown clearly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Strong
- Strong means explicit or repeated sex, extended nudity, or sexual assault shown on screen, attempted or completed, even partly off screen. Any one of these is enough.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- Is Savages scary?
- Only a little. Savages has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Savages?
- Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is Savages rated, and is it OK for kids?
- It is an R, with strong sex and nudity, brutal violence, and frequent strong language. Keep it for adults.
Cast and crew
Directed byOliver Stone
StarringTaylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Travolta, Salma Hayek Pinault, Benicio del Toro
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