Straw Dogs

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Poe R Jan 3, 2019 What made the original so good and so memorable was its controversial depictions of violence and rape. But fast forward to this film, everything has basically already been done. So not only does it take away its classic, shocking aspect, but it also makes it another average home invasion flick. It's nowhere near as suspenseful as the original, which is too bad, but it delivers some good gory fun, as well as changing the film's location was also a noble idea, giving the film a southern gothic feel to it. And it still sticks pretty close to the original movie's script, with the acting being good, with a noble appearance by James Wood. Overall, it's an alright thriller, and in terms of remakes, there's been much worse. Worth a look for popcorn movie or fans! See more

Hermione G Nov 5, 2018 this remake is an abomination! far from making the film better theyve managed to make it whole lot more annoying than it ever was, great job hollywood idiots See more

Albus S Oct 30, 2018 Superfluous and miscast remake of a controversial classic neither reaches the original's nastiness nor adds any new perspective; James Woods' performance is remarkable as he's obviously just playing himself. See more

Leia P Jan 12, 2018 I've read a lot of bad critics about this movie. I was hoping for some very, very bad stuff. This is a good material, of course it could be a lot better. For starters, this is exactly what we want to fight nowadays with #timesup and series like Big Little Lies. This kind of Mississipi-retarded-demental-paranoid fella, played by some very good actors in the movie, needs to be contained - and Marsden does it, on the movie, in a very severe but effective way. This kind of person is a danger, I mean, a hazard to society. I was overjoyed to watch Marsden kick the hell out of an a** on the movie - you can see that coming, if you read the critics The female lead character, however, is exactly the kind of woman that also needs serious therapy, or reconstruction, 'cause she represents the kind of woman that defies the husband all the time, provokes other men, and then suddenly pretends "nothing is happening"; in times like this, all we don't need is a woman compactuating with machism culture, but it's exactly what she does, she incites it insinuating that Marsden's character is "not a man" and crap like that, mostly a lot of what comes next comes from her attitude. I read critics saying Marsden shouldn't be trapped in a bad movie like this one, but I go further; Marsden's character shouldn't be married to a stupid hysterical dumb wife like this one. I believe she's one of the characters you most hate in the movie, even though she has a moment of redemption on the ending. Alexander Skasgard is fantastic, and I can surely say that the movie is just really good 'cause of Marsden and Skasgard - not only by their awesome looks (damn, I wish I had an "ex-boyfriend" like that one) but also by their talent. It's an interesting movie, but I'm not sure I would recommend it, unless you can handle some psychological terror. But I can assure it's kinda worthy it. You end up the movie with the burning inside you to just kill anyone who tries to mess up with your family or loved ones. See more

Abraham G Apr 11, 2017 Not the original but ok

Abraham S Mar 19, 2017 The brutal ending nearly redeems this otherwise dull and pointless movie, moral of which is seems don't go killing people's cats... See more

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