Straw Dogs (2011) ★★★★☆

👍 IMDb 5.8/10 (33k)     🍅 Rotten Tomatoes 43%     🎦 Metacritic 45
18 | 1h 50m | Action, Drama, Thriller | USA
Director Rod Lurie
Writers Rod Lurie (screenplay), David Zelag Goodman (earlier screenplay), Sam Peckinpah (earlier screenplay)
Stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård

Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

 

Competent.