Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
07-06-2012
2h 11m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Oliver Stone
Production:
Relativity Media, Ixtlan, Onda Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Pathé
Revenue:
$82,966,152
Budget:
$45,000,000
Key Crew
Screenplay:
Don Winslow
Screenplay:
Shane Salerno
Executive Producer:
Todd Arnow
Producer:
Moritz Borman
Producer:
Eric Kopeloff
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
FR; US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Taylor Kitsch
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