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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Film Filter: Off - Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs (2011) R



James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard


Film Filter: On- When a young married couple travels to a rural Mississippi town, they find that Amy's hometown hasn't forgotten about her, especially her ex-boyfriend, Charlie.  As relationships with Amy's past neighbors start to deteriorate, the couple finds themselves in an ethical dilemma which will force them to do just about anything to stay alive.
Things to note: Pretty decent acting, too many characters with too big of personalities, tries too hard to be believable with unbelievable scenarios, lack of background information, lack of common sense in characters, rape scene

This movie had such a good preview that it
 made the other 108 minutes pointless...


You'll like this movie if you enjoy:
Films in which characters are put into tough, unexpected situations and have to be resilient.  
Similar to something like 28 Days Later in regards to being 
cornered, attacked,and thus forced to grow a pair to be the hero.