Overview
Genre
Drama, ThrillerRelease Date
July 06, 2012MPAA Rating
RStudio
Universal PicturesOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Oliver StoneProducer
Moritz Bormann, Eric KopelofffScreenwriter
Shane Salerno, Don WinslowStarring
- Taylor Kitsch as Chon
- Blake Lively as Ophelia
- Aaron Johnson as Ben
- John Travolta as Dennis
- Uma Thurman as Paqu
- Emile Hirsch as Esteban
- Salma Hayek as Elena
- Benicio Del Toro as Lado
- Demian Bichir as Alex
- Jonathan Patrick Moore
- Joel David Moore
- Mia Maestro
Story
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.
