A wholly unnecessary Hollywood treatment of Sam Peckinpah’s unsettling and controversial 1971 original.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 8, 2023

It's a testament to the power of the story (Sam Peckinpah's adaptation of Gordon Williams' novel) that the 2011 remake is still entertaining despite its numerous shortcomings.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 30, 2020

The film is really carried by Alexander Skarsgard's incredibly disturbing turn.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 24, 2020

Edgy, gritty, visceral, explosive, psychological warfare. Straw Dogs - what's your breaking point?

| Nov 26, 2019

The 'remake factor' aside, with Straw Dogs Lurie has created an enjoyable but flawed film. Audiences who are unfamiliar with the original will certainly be entertained.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 5, 2018

As far as thrillers go, this one won't have you on the edge of your seat.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 28, 2017

On the bright side, it's probably the only movie ever made to boast kickass tunes by the southern-rock triumvirate of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, and Blackfoot.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 15, 2013

Straw Dogs does little more than rely on graphic violence as well as outdated stereotypes to keep the tension high.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 2, 2012

The best that can be said about Straw Dogs is that it's watchable: and that's due to Alexander Skarsgard's stellar abs.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Sep 22, 2012

In the history of remakes, this really isn't a bad one...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 7, 2012

Comes off like its poster: a copycat that superficially looks the same but lacks in inspiration.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 6, 2012

There's nothing profound or mysterious about Straw Dogs. The performances are solid, but the movie is mostly forgettable.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 29, 2012

It doesn't even work as a thriller. And of course, like the 70s original, it just turns into an all-out blood bath at the end - which can't help but notch up the campiness.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 13, 2012

It was a different era, a different time in American culture. Sam Peckinpah's 1971 'Straw Dogs' arguably has become a classic. It was a controversial film when it was released because of its depiction of a sexual assault.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 22, 2011

Rod Lurie's film equals the original and surpasses it in many ways.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 14, 2011

The hunting scenes and the brutal farm siege are solidly gripping, and Lurie doesn't shy away from David embracing his inner savage.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 8, 2011

What in the Sam Peckinpah Hill is this?!?

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Lurie makes the same point as Peckinpah, namely that, when survival is threatened, even the most civilised types have a primal capacity for violence. But, 40 years on, the shock factor has gone.

| Nov 15, 2011

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 11, 2011

This is one of those remakes that feels like the product of lazy thinking.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 9, 2011