There were problems with this Oliver Stone film, but all in all it was an enjoyable thriller.
Admittedly, it was no JFK or Wall Street, but the story was interesting, and the action was steady and solid enough to carry the thing.
Two friends living in Southern California grow the finest weed around. Ben's the botanist, Chon's the ex Navy Seal. They share their business and their girlfriend, Ophelia. All is going well until a Mexican drug gang muscles in on their action, kidnapping Ophelia to convince them to keep their side of the "partnership".
There are no surprises, no fast action, just a somewhat typical Oliver Stone measured pace. But the ending was a mess, like Stone couldn't make his mind up how to end the tale.
Benicio del Toro manages to achieve sinister, even with a hairdo like a dead badger, and John Travolta plays a bent cop with a whine and similarly non-Hollywood hair. His made him look like a fatter, older, whiter Tiger Woods.
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