Savages may come off choppy in the very beginning, but it does springboards to a really fantastical second half.

An unabashedly lurid sun-and-surf ménage-à-trois cum drug-running caper, with touches of Jacobean tragedy for good measure.

The film would have been so much more interesting if the two men had been identical twins played by the same actor-like Jeremy Irons in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers.

If you've seen one drug dealer/drug cartel movie, you've seen them all, and you'll need a shower after this one.