Savages is a 2012 English-language Crime Drama motion picture written and directed by Oliver Stone and produced by Eric Kopeloff, Moritz Borman and Eric Copeloff under the banner of Relativity Media in collaboration with Ixtlan Productions. The film follows two marijuana growers, Chon, an ex-Navy SEAL and Ben, who are best friends, as they confront the Mexican drug cartel in order to free their shared girlfriend kidnapped by them. Savages stars Taylor Kitsch in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek and Aaron Taylor-johnson. The screenplay is written by Shane Salerno, Oliver Stone and Don Winslow which is inspired from Savages by Don Winslow. The music was composed by Adam Peters. Cinematography was done by Dan Mindel and editing by Joe Hutshing, Stuart Levy and Alex Marquez. The movie has a running time of 130 minutes. It was released on 20th September 2012. Savages was made on a budget of $45 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Universal Pictures. The film follows two marijuana growers, Chon, an ex-Navy SEAL and Ben, who are best friends, as they confront the Mexican drug cartel in order to free their shared girlfriend kidnapped by them.