L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging to the parents of one of the victims: a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics.
Director:
Dennis Iliadis
Stars:
Garret Dillahunt,
Monica Potter,
Tony Goldwyn
Michael returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend. As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand.
A group of high-schoolers invite Mandy Lane, a good girl who became quite hot over the summer, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to drop quite mysteriously.
Screenwriter David Sumner travels with his wife Amy in his Jaguar to her homeland Blackwater, in the Mississippi. Amy's father has passed away and David intends to write his screenplay about Stalingrad in the house. David hires the contractor Charlie and his team to repair the roof of the Barn. Amy was the sweetheart of Charlie when she lived there and neither him nor his crew show respect to her. Charlie invites David to hunt deers with his group and him but they leave David alone in the woods and rape Amy. She does not tell to David what happened but when the drunken coach Tom Heddon calls Charlie and his friends to hunt down the slow Jeremy Niles that likes his daughter, David decides to protect not only Jeremy, but also Amy and his honor. Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
When David finds the dead cat in the closet he turns off the light and closes the closet door. A moment later when Amy opens the closet door the light is on. See more »
Quotes
Norman:
See there Mr. Sumner, you ain't the only one with a trophy wife. Only difference is, mine's for third place.
Kristen:
[very pregnant]
Believe it or not, that's the most romantic thing he's ever said. That and, "You're what?"
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While there are probably people out there who could pull off a remake of the classic Straw Dogs, this isn't the group.
I tried real hard to like this film since I'm a huge fan of Walton Goggins, but this should have been left on the shelf.
The actress playing the wife did a rather good job, though, in a role that is not easy to pull off and achieve a believable balance.
Overall I wouldn't give this more than about 4 or 5 points.
Next time someone tries this I really hope they can give us something worth watching. This is a truly worthwhile script that can be done better, perhaps even better than the original. I'd like to see that.
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While there are probably people out there who could pull off a remake of the classic Straw Dogs, this isn't the group.
I tried real hard to like this film since I'm a huge fan of Walton Goggins, but this should have been left on the shelf.
The actress playing the wife did a rather good job, though, in a role that is not easy to pull off and achieve a believable balance.
Overall I wouldn't give this more than about 4 or 5 points.
Next time someone tries this I really hope they can give us something worth watching. This is a truly worthwhile script that can be done better, perhaps even better than the original. I'd like to see that.