Straw Dogs
Everyone Has a Breaking Point
A remake of a controversial and violent film from 1971, the setting is switched to the American south, but otherwise the story arc remains the same. An academic and his pretty wife return to her small town, so that he can work in peace. It's not long before her ex-boyfriend makes his presence felt, and the tension starts building between the macho local and the mild-mannered writer. His wife doesn't help by flirting with her ex, and eventually primal urges lead to primal violence. Reviews have been mixed, as opposed to the original which was well-rated.
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Credits Cast
James Marsden , Kate Bosworth , Alexander Skarsgård , James Woods , Dominic Purcell , Rhys Coiro
Director
Rod Lurie
Screenplay Rod Lurie, based on the screenplay by David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah, based on the novel by Gordon Williams Music Larry Groupé Cinematography Alik Sakharov Editing Sarah Boyd Sound formats Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS Soundtrack Available Made in 2011 Produced by Screen Gems, Battleplan Productions
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FPB Report (SA) Genre Thriller Language Frequent, strong Nudity None Sex None (?) Violence Strong, intense, realistic Prejudice None Blasphemy None Drug abuse Alcohol Comments None These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB . Read the Classification Guidelines .
ScreenIt Report (USA) Sex / Nudity Violence Blood / Gore / Gross Guns / Profanity Alcohol / Drugs Smoking Disrespectful / Imitative Behaviour Frightening / Jump Scenes Tense Family Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Topics to talk about
Ratings Scale (Max) 20
South African Media Cape Argus/The Star Diane de Beer 5
Die Burger François Bloemhof 5
Cape Times Todd McCarthy 5
International Media Box Office (USA) Nick Schager 5
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert 15
Rolling Stone (US) Peter Travers 15
ScreenIt (USA) C. Fuchs 13
Metacritic.com 29 critics 9
RottenTomatoes.com 108 critics 10
RottenTomatoes.com Tomatometer 8
Movie Review Query Engine (USA) MRQE critics 10
Movie Review Intelligence (USA) 35 critics 11
Internet (IMDB) 2096 Netizens 11
Average .. 47% 9
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