Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

mariesms Unlike many, I found this movie to be very entertaining. James Marsden (David) and Alexander Skarsgård (Charlie) particularly excel in their roles.The film's basic plot revolves around a married couple, David and Amy (Kate Bosworth) moving back to her childhood home and community,and hiring her ex-boyfriend Charlie, and his friends, to fix the roof of their barn. But of course, trouble ensues.There are many different "dark" themes present explored throughout, from the stiff Southern American culture, one's place in nature, violence,desire.Masculinity is a another theme present. This film's dark moments have been known to give many people the chills.Having the story set in Mississippi, Southern America instead of England I think was a better move and made it more interesting.You could go and watch the more highly acclaimed Straw Dogs 1971 movie if you wish, but I think this modern remake is perfectly fine on its own.

Prismark10 If I was remaking Straw Dogs I think I would avoid casting for the Dustin Hoffman role an actor who has played a superhero. I am sure Hoffman never appeared in an action role prior to Straw Dogs.I do not regard Sam Peckinpah's original version as a classic. It took an age to get going and there are ambiguities in that film which still incites debate to this day.Writer and Director Rod Lurie has decided to follow Peckinpah's version closely which is a mistake. He should had reimagined his version of Straw Dogs.The setting has moved from the Cornish countryside of England to the Deep South. James Marsden plays a Hollywood screenwriter rather than a mathematics academic with his wife Kate Bosworth playing an actress.Alexander Skarsgard and his posse of construction workers supply the creeps. He is Bosworth's ex boyfriend and still takes a shine to her, while Bosworth still leads him on with revealing clothes and teasing behaviour.James Woods is the former high school football coach and the rowdy drunk who still commands respect from his former players. Dominic Purcell is the dimwit who gets egged on by Woods teenage cheerleader daughter.Marsden and Bosworth return to her home town so he can write his new screenplay. Skarsgard starts flirting early on with Bosworth and he is then engaged to do building work for them but soon the alpha male Skarsgard sees Marsden as a figure of fun and entices him away from the house so he can catch up with Bosworth even forcing himself on her.When Purcell is taken in by Marsden for protection he decides to fight back against Woods, Skarsgard and the rest of the gang.The film is a by the numbers remake, sterile, weak and clichéd. Even the climax when Marsden and Bosworth are attacked in their house is underwhelming compared to the original.

srknightjohn There are some goofs in the film, but I guess it all adds to the plot and makes it an entertaining movie. Why in the earth would the wife show her top to the men. Who on earth would do that? How come six armed men get bested by a couple trapped inside a house? What the film does best is creating tension that keeps building and gets more intense as the story proceeds. There is tension in every line dialog and the actors do an excellent job of delivering them convincingly. Shouts to James Woods for portraying a character that is an absolute ass. There a holes in the plot, and it is not meant to be realistic, but to deliver a great Hollywood experience and I highly recommend it to anyone who looks for an intense movie to be thrilled and have a good time. I haven't seen the version with Dustin Hoffman, but am very interested after watching this.

SeamusMacDuff I have not seen the original, but in comparison or on its own this is one poor film. Virtually every character is unlikeable, its full of stereotypes, and there are plot holes so big you can drive all their pickup trucks through. Almost everyone is miscast: Marsden isn't wimpy enough, Bosworth isn't sexy enough, Skarsgard isn't menacing enough, and Woods is totally unbelievable.Why doesn't she tell her husband she was raped? Why does her ex-boyfriend rapist let his buddy rape her too? Why does the coach go insane just because he can't find his daughter, to the point he kills the sheriff? Why is he in the middle of nowhere (no phone service) trying to write a non-fiction book? Surely that may require research. Why does the husband fight back on behalf of a barely known acquaintance?Avoid this film.