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By Trust Created	Summary	Acting	Film	Edge	Reality
TRUST WEIGHTED	Good	Very Good	Good	Sordid	Glib
AVERAGE	Good	Good	Good	Sordid	Surreal
Wick 66 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Image Salma Hayek -- Cleopatra Kingpin More » Created Jul 08, 2012 02:34AM PST Edited Oct 03, 2015 06:07PM PST	Good 3.0 Oliver Stone loves making drug-trade movies, war movies and especially drug war movies. So a California drug war makes… More »	Very Good 3.5 Taylor Kitsch is more a presence than a thespian. With a face just this side of pretty and an imposing physicality, he… More »	Good 3.0 Luxurious settings and occasionally effective hard-boiled dialog give Savages an icy allure that only goes so far. I… More »	Sordid 3.5 Being an Oliver Stone drug war movie, you know there's going to be torture and that tools will be involved. Fortunatel… More »	Glib 1.8 While the movie is balderdash, it does have one salutatory implication. Removing pot from the illicit drug trade would… More »
BrianSez 17 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created Mar 24, 2013 09:04AM PST Edited Mar 24, 2013 09:04AM PST	Good 3.0 Oliver Stone presents us with solid entertainment in this revenge-action-crime film. Savages takes the highnamic duo of… More »	OK 2.5 Taylor Kitsch is pretty good as the marines-hardened enforcer who is the ying to Aaron Taylor Johnsonâ€™s yang. Aaron … More »	Good 3.0	Sordid 2.9	Glib 1.9
Tripod 3 Trust Points Read Full Review » Trust This Reviewer WikChip - Empty Created Jul 29, 2013 08:49PM PST Edited Jul 31, 2013 03:52AM PST	Good 3.0 "Salma Hayek on the loose is worth the watch":http://www.therichest.com/video/salma-hayek-penelope-cruz-academy-awards… More »	Good 3.0 It takes an unimaginably bad script for a cast stocked with Hayek, del Toro, and Travolta to miss the mark entirely. W… More »	Good 3.0 The global economy gives way to the informed global recognition that the movie captures the essence of the story. Drea… More »	Horrid 4.2 Only The Shield prepares you for some of the things you see in this movie and still I cringed. But credit also must be… More »	Surreal 2.6 Seems surreal to me…but I have no piercings or tattoos. More »

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Wick
66 Trust Points
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Salma Hayek -- Cleopatra Kingpin More »
Created Jul 08, 2012 02:34AM PST

Edited Oct 03, 2015 06:07PM PST

Good 3.0

Oliver Stone loves making drug-trade movies, war movies and especially drug war movies. So a California drug war makes…

Very Good 3.5

Taylor Kitsch is more a presence than a thespian. With a face just this side of pretty and an imposing physicality, he…

Good 3.0

Luxurious settings and occasionally effective hard-boiled dialog give Savages an icy allure that only goes so far. I…

Sordid 3.5

Being an Oliver Stone drug war movie, you know there's going to be torture and that tools will be involved. Fortunatel…

Glib 1.8

While the movie is balderdash, it does have one salutatory implication. Removing pot from the illicit drug trade would…

BrianSez
17 Trust Points
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Created Mar 24, 2013 09:04AM PST

Edited Mar 24, 2013 09:04AM PST

Good 3.0

Oliver Stone presents us with solid entertainment in this revenge-action-crime film. Savages takes the highnamic duo of…

OK 2.5

Taylor Kitsch is pretty good as the marines-hardened enforcer who is the ying to Aaron Taylor Johnsonâ€™s yang. Aaron …

Good 3.0

Sordid 2.9

Glib 1.9

Tripod
3 Trust Points
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Created Jul 29, 2013 08:49PM PST

Edited Jul 31, 2013 03:52AM PST

Good 3.0

"Salma Hayek on the loose is worth the watch":http://www.therichest.com/video/salma-hayek-penelope-cruz-academy-awards…

Good 3.0

It takes an unimaginably bad script for a cast stocked with Hayek, del Toro, and Travolta to miss the mark entirely. W…

Good 3.0

The global economy gives way to the informed global recognition that the movie captures the essence of the story. Drea…

Horrid 4.2

Only The Shield prepares you for some of the things you see in this movie and still I cringed. But credit also must be…

Surreal 2.6

Seems surreal to me…but I have no piercings or tattoos.

Jul 29, 2013 9:56PM Wick	Regarding Tripod’s Review “like Abby Hoffman with a modern day Twiggy.” Great imagery!
Mar 24, 2013 9:56AM Wick	Regarding BrianSez’s Review “Selma Hayek is supposed to be a tough bad-ass, but it never really works well.” Truth.