Straw Dogs (2011)

Directed by

Rod Lurie

Genre

drama film, rape and revenge film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 637 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple moves to a small Mississippi town where the husband is a screenwriter and the wife grew up. Local men harass them, and tensions build into violence as the couple must defend their home.

tenseuneasyslow-burndarkbrutaluncomfortablegothic

What happens

Straw Dogs is a 2011 American Southern Gothic psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by Rod Lurie, and starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, and Alexander Skarsgård. It is a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film, itself based on the Gordon Williams novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm. The film relocates the story's setting from Cornwall to rural Mississippi. The film was released by Screen Gems on September 16, 2011. It was a commercial disappointment and received mixed-to-negative reviews, with many reviewers comparing it critically to its source material. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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