Review of Straw Dogs (2011) by Andischatz — 03 Nov 2011
Very good performances by very good actors, unfortunately failing to save this film. Entirely predictable (the setups are all way too obvious), the film ponders on forever with more or less only one thing to do - set up the final showdown.
When that finally arrives, it all goes horribly wrong when it starts celebrating the violence that you had really hoped wasn't part of the hero's character. Yes, people got "what was coming to them," but the violence was too gratuitous and delivered with too much gusto, which made the main character (and the film) lose its moral high ground.
Unpleasant and boring.
This review of Straw Dogs (2011) was written by Andischatz on 03 Nov 2011.
Straw Dogs has generally received mixed reviews.
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