
After the teaser trailer premiere yesterday, Universal Pictures' has released the first official trailer for the next
Oliver Stone film,
Savages.
The film is based on the best-selling crime novel by Don Winslow and features the all-star ensemble cast of
Taylor Kitsch,
Blake Lively,
Aaron Johnson,
John Travolta,
Uma Thurman,
Benicio Del Toro,
Salma Hayek,
Emile Hirsch, and Demian Bichir.
Here's the official synopsis for the film
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry—raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town…until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.
When the merciless head of the BC, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon—with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta)—wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.
Savages is scheduled to light up theaters July 6th, 2012.
