Although it lacks the grit of Sam Peckinpah.s 1971 original and has several problems that hurt the overall story, Straw Dogs is a tense thriller that uses a slow-burn pace to examine how far a good man can be pushed before he pushes back. Based on Gordon Williams' novel The Siege of Trencher's Farm and on the screenplay by David Zelag Goodman and Peckinpah, the remake was directed by Rod Lurie (who also penned the updated screenplay) and stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush, Laz Alonso, Willa Holland, Walton Goggins, Anson Mount, Drew Powell, Kristen Shaw, and Megan Adelle. Trading rural England for Blackwater, Mississippi, the film follows married...
- 12/19/2011
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
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