Character posters for the remake of Straw Dogs starring James Marsden and Kate Bosworth.
FMV says: "This remake is rather disappointing, with none of the gnawing tension or subtle character development that made Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs so memorable. What good moments are to be found here are lifted almost shot-for-shot from the 1971 version."
i saw the original, it was slightly better than this new one but i think the remake can stand on its own as a thriller.
Player Affinity writes: The 1972 version of Straw Dogs is the kind of movie that's admirable, but tough to enjoy. It's just not a fun movie experience, and its 2011 remake — directed by Rod Lurie — isn't much more fun. Lurie's version is actually a good film; it's well-shot, well-acted, and very suspenseful. But I never want to see it again—ever. It's disturbingly violent, and very bleak from beginning to end. But the message of the film is as powerful as it was back in 1972: Violence is bad, but if you push a man too far, he'll do what he must to defend himself.
Just as visceral, disturbing, and unpleasant as the 1971 original, with subtexts that have been altered in such a way to make them far more compelling. Full review by Chris Pandolfi.
