The original Straw Dogs premiered in 1971 and behind the film’s screenplay was Sam Peckinpah. The film is about being forced to resort to violence against once will and to show that one will not be stepped upon.
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Nobody wants to be an ”under dog”. In the original, played Dustin Hoffman, an American mathematician who is exposed to lethal bullying of local thugs.
The 2011 version is David (played by James Marsden) screenwriter in Hollywood and his wife Amy (Kate Bosworth), television actress who moved to the countryside.
The conflict is the same as the original. He is an intellectual is not physically inclined person, she was the village’s prettiest girl. She has been dating this nasty gang leader Charlie, played by Alexander Skarsgard, who wants to give back.
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