Savages

Oliver Stone's new crime thriller "Savages," based on Don Winslow's novel of the same name, tells the dramatic tale of two California marijuana growers going to war with a Mexican drug cartel."It's like a business takeover film, like a 'Wall Street,' but a lot of violence," the controversial director told FOX411's Pop Tarts column at the Los Angeles premiere. "(Audiences) can learn a lot, but it's not 'happening.' It is not a documentary. This situation in California is still cool, its calm, yet the drug war is building up to a huge monstrosity. We have quite a bit of rough stuff, but nothing like the reality."Speaking of reality, Stone noted that there are things that the U.S. Government can do to help improve the situation."The U.S. could take the pedal off Mexico, we could always decriminalize the appetite, because prohibition doesn't seem to work," he said.HOT SHOTS: Blake Lively.Mexican-born actor and Oscar nominee Demián Bichir, who stars in the film, hopes that audiences walk aw...

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