Catholic News Service
The prize (though it can hardly be reckoned an accolade) for the most appropriate film title of the year goes to “Savages.” This vicious, blood-soaked saga about drug lords glorifies primal urges, vulgarity and man’s inhumanity toward man.
Directed and co-written (with Shane Salerno and Don Winslow) by Oliver Stone and adapted from Winslow’s 2010 novel, “Savages” is a cinematic exercise in moral relativism. Every action, no matter how twisted or harmful, is somehow justified in the dogged pursuit of self-gratification and revenge.