Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry - raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town...until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them. When the merciless head of the BC, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends. Ben and Chon - with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta) - wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.
This was a pretty good story. I liked the performances - especially Del Toro, Hayek and Kitsch. I know that Kitsch was in John Carter and Battleship this year which both tanked, but I love the potential of this kid. His badassness pretty much carried the movie anytime that it got a little blah. That is actually the only knock I would make against it. It could have been a little tighter. If the 2 hours were maybe 1 hour 45 minutes, this movie would have been great. Instead, it ended up being a good enough movie to watch but not something that I could really recommend.
Like I said - I would somewhat recommend people checking this out. It's not a must see by any means or even a "great" movie. It is a pretty good watch though and there is definitely worse stuff out there.
