Review of Straw Dogs (2011) by Christopher H — 08 Jan 2012

Every actor in this Straw Dogs remake fits their role perfectly, save for maybe James Woods playing the drunken coach, however, the characters still remain somewhat two-dimensional with no real motives or thought process behind the shift from cordial to maniacal, but perhaps that is the point.

The boundary-pushing nature of the film is on par with other thrillers of its genre, but that also becomes its downfall as it resembles too many other films even for being a remake.