Review of Savages (2012) by Mark D — 28 Feb 2013

A tour de force - Oliver Stone has delivered a powerful movie - Bencio carries the movie and Hayak is terrific too......

This review of Savages (2012) was written by Mark D on 28 Feb 2013.

Savages has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Jason T (1,311) on 29 Jun 2016

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Is this a duplicate on flixster? Anyways...surprisingly bad Oliver Stone film…

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By Chris G (1,743) on 25 Feb 2018

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I am only giving this movie two stars because Blake Lively is in it…

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