We have two best friends Ben (Aaron Johnson) and Chon (Talyor Kitsch) that share a girlfriend called O short for Ofelia ( Blake Lively). Ben and Chon have created the strongest weed no to man and have a thriving business. Until a Mexican Drug Cartel decides they want part of it. They say no and so O gets kidnapped and so the shit starts.
I didn't mind this film but it is nothing spectacular, there is no way it is going to be compared with classics like Scarface or City of God, but it was enjoyable to watch. Although Ofelia was the major let down in this movie she was your typical damsel in distress. She was useless the writer for her must have just had a blank moment. All she does is sit there and look pretty for almost the entire movie, plus she narrates the story (Which is so badly done). The script for her is horrible you gain no emotion for her what so ever in fact half way through the movie I decided I didn't care whether she survived or didn't. The two lads were pretty much the same, although I felt more for Ben in the movie than Chon, who was just a massive idiot and kept escalating the situation through out the movie.
There were two characters for me that actually made this movie more interesting and they were Lado ( Benicio Del Toro) and Dennis ( John Travolta) Not only are there pretty good actors anyway but they actually gave some secondary plot to the film. Lado works for the Mexican Drug Cartel and does all there dirty work like torture ( he was fairly badass) and Dennis was a dirty cop that looks out for number one.
Overall the film wasnt that bad to watch it had some fairly gross bits in it. Loads of guns and explosives which they seem to like in these types of movies. It did keep you interested but only because of Lado and Dennis. This isn't a film for children there is gore and sex all of course drug use lots of it. But if you like lots of guns and explosions give it a go. I rate this film about a 5/10 .
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