Savages Page #8

Synopsis: In California, the former Navy SEAL Chon and his best friend, the peaceful botanist Ben, are successful entrepreneurs producing and dealing high-quality weed. Chon brought seeds from Afghanistan and Ben used his knowledge to develop the best marijuana in the country. Chon and Ben share the pothead lover Ophelia and she loves both of them since they complete each other - Chon is a powerful and strong lover and Ben is a sensible and loving lover. Their comfortable life changes when the Mexican Baja Cartel demands a partnership in their business. Chon and Ben refuse the deal and the leader of the cartel Elena sends her right-arm in America, Lado, to abduct Ophelia to press the American drug dealers. Chon and Ben ask the support of the dirty DEA Agent Dennis and get inside information to begin a secret war against the Baja Cartel to release Ophelia.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Oliver Stone
Production: Universal Pictures
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
R
Year:
2012
131 min
$47,300,000
Website
3,126 Views


for the wrong guy.

That one is such a player.

You think?

Girl, you have been

out of the game too Iong.

Trust me,

I know a player

when I see one.

You really believe

that these women

can convince themselves

that they can

fall in Iove

with men Iike this?

You know what you were

saying the other night,

about my men?

Yeah.

I never had a dad.

He Ieft.

I don't know,

I guess this is my way

of getting to know man.

I didn't know

my father either.

But I only Ioved

one man my whole Iife.

You were never

with anyone else?

No.

You must really miss him.

You see how I never Iaugh

and I never cry?

Well, that's because I have

Botox of the heart.

I thought just in the face.

I don't have Botox

on the face!

No?

No, I don't!

(LAUGHS)

I made you Iaugh.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

B*tch.

Hello?

I see.

(SIGHS)

I'll call you right back.

What happened?

There's been a problem.

(CALLING OUT IN SPANISH)

Chiquita is going to take

you back to your room.

No, Elena,

please tell me

what happened.

I'm sorry, Ophelia.

I told you this

might end badly.

(SPEAKS SPANISH)

Elena, please.

Just tell me.

And remember

you're not a hostage

because of me,

you're a hostage

because of them.

(WHIP CRACKING)

(ALEX SCREAMING)

Elena! Stop it! Please!

(MEN YELLING INDISTINCTLY)

LADO:
Lucky seven.

Did you make 17

phone calls to El Azul?

No!

LADO:
Ten Iatigazos

to go, cabron.

ALEX:
No, Lado, no!

(SOBBING)

Yes or no?

Elena, in the name of God.

I beg you!

(IN SPANISH)

I beg you!

Listen,

I promise you this.

Your wife,

Bettina, and your Iittle ones

that I Iike so much,

they will get the insurance.

But you tell me

"no" one more time,

I will drive them here

and I will cut them open

and make them bleed

to death in front of you.

Yes or no?

What's it going to be?

(IN SPANISH)

Finally. Louder.

Louder!

(BEGGING IN SPANISH)

LADO:
Cut him down.

(RINGING)

LADO:
Now we know.

You were right, Madrina.

What do you want

me to do with him?

The soft one.

Mr. "Nothing Personal."

He must finish

what he started.

Sit her down.

Your men have brought

some serious accusations

against one of my men.

This is our way of justice.

For the Iove of God!

A man takes

care of his family,

and I respect that.

I'd like to give

you a better death.

But it would

set a bad example.

No, no, no!

I don't Iike the screaming.

Oh, God!

Beach Boy.

No? He took your money, too.

"La Reina" says to do it.

Elena, please...

Make her watch.

Let me do it.

Not you, "Caviar."

It's my gift to him.

So, I read up on your Buddha.

According to the Dalai Lama,

if you are in a position

to prevent greater violence,

strike first and strike fast.

Alex kidnapped people, Ben.

He had people

tortured and killed.

So have we.

Dennis f***ed us

on those files.

When Alex was up there,

he begged Elena on

the head of Magda,

her daughter.

Which means

she must be alive.

And Dennis knows.

Yeah.

We're short three mil.

Another hit

is problematic.

We have got to squeeze it

out of Dennis somehow.

Find her and trade her.

You mean, "Kidnap."

BEN:
The same as O.

You up for that?

Yeah.

I am.

Daddy, there's a man

here to see you.

What man?

I don't know.

I was driving by

your neighborgood

and noticed that your yard

needs some trimming.

My crew would Iike to give you

a free haircut today.

My wife usually

takes care of that stuff.

Sarah, Hannah,

go to your room right now.

But, Daddy...

No "buts," no nothing. Go.

Papa says, "Go."

Lado! You come to my house?

You threaten my daughters?

You don't think I'm

the kind of guy that

doesn't have cameras

all over the place?

It don't matter to me.

After I whack you

and your daughters,

I'll burn the house down.

Come on, you found

your f***ing snitch.

You found him.

What happened to your hand?

(ENGINE REVING)

DENNIS:
Got it caught

in a weed whacker.

Weed whacker?

Yeah.

"Weed whacker," my ass.

We need to have

a conversation.

Because I'm confused

about some of

your actions, Dennis.

Like what?

Like you giving Ben and Chon

all that information.

You must be smoking

your own sh*t now, man.

You got to know

I'm your man.

I got you your

green card, okay?

I've been protecting you

for six f***ing years.

Now that sh*t

hits the fan,

you got seven dead beaners,

you got a white

Iawyer in Laguna,

you need me now

more than ever.

Stop begging.

You sound Iike a woman.

Dennis,

I know you gave them stuff.

What makes you so goddamn

sure it's not Azul?

Because I know it wasn't him.

What do you mean?

Because I'm working

with him now, anfibio.

What?

And you Iie to

me one more time,

motherf***er,

I will shoot you down.

Since when have you

been working with Azul?

You're not going

to tell me that?

Since two days ago.

I never gave them you, Lado.

They had me.

I'd be out of business.

I'd be useless to you.

I never thought

this Iraq psycho

would go nuts on you guys.

I never gave you up, ever!

I'm your best friend

on this side, man.

Did you tell them I

was your Iittle snitch?

What are you, crazy?

What would be in it for me?

Answer me, Dennis.

I gave them

enough to just get them

off my f***ing ass...

Yes or no?

No!

No, okay? No. No.

It's all about you and me,

and that's it!

You have got to

believe me this time, man.

I don't want to

Iose this sh*t!

I got two f***ing kids

and a wife that's dying.

Thank you, Dennis.

Now they got my $3 million.

And I want that money.

It's my money! It's my money!

F***ers.

You can't trust

anybody no more. F***!

I can't even

trust my f***ing wife.

She's Iooking to

divorce me, you know?

My wife's barely breathing.

Welcome to

midlife crisis, buddy.

How do you know you can

trust this Azul guy?

I mean, come on.

Has he given you

a piece of the business?

Is that what he promised you?

Because Elena is not

going to fold that easy.

You know, that

three million is

her money.

Now, don't be a knucklehead.

Think.

F*** you.

You think, you f***ed it up.

How are you

going to get me back

my money?

(STAMMERS)

You need me.

I'm going to get

you your money.

But they need the girl.

The guys want this girl.

They're in f***ing Iove

with this chick.

And they want O, okay?

So, where is she?

I don't have her.

What do you mean,

you "don't have her"?

Where is she?

With Elena.

In Mexico?

No, here.

Here?

Some f***ing

Indian reservation.

Elena came to

see her daughter.

An now that woman

is in my face, telling me

what to do, provoking me.

Oh, this is big, man.

"La Reina" Elena

is on US soil?

I told you, it's Indian Iand.

She's protected.

And I'm going to fix that.

That's why you need Dennis.

Think.

Stop telling me to think.

No, no, no, man.

Look, these guys,

they got the three million.

What do you think

they're going to do with it?

They're going to

f***ing give it

to Elena, right?

And we, first,

are going to sell

them Elena's daughter.

We split the profits,

and then we f*** Elena!

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Shane Salerno

Shane Salerno (born November 27, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. His writing credits include the movies Armageddon, Savages, Shaft, and the TV series Hawaii Five-0. He was chosen by director James Cameron to work on the four sequels to Avatar, set to release in 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025. He spent ten years writing, producing, financing, and directing the documentary Salinger, and co-writing with David Shields the companion book which became a New York Times bestseller. Salerno is also the founder and president of The Story Factory, which produces film and TV series based on literary properties.As a writer, Salerno has collaborated with James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, Ridley Scott, William Friedkin, Oliver Stone, and Ron Howard. He has sold pitches, spec screenplays, fiction and non-fiction books, feature film documentaries, television pilots, television documentaries, and foreign book deals of between $2 and $6 million. more…

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