Synopsis

David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation.

Official Review

Early on in Straw Dogs James Marden’s David orders a Bud Light at the local bar. He’s told that they in fact do not serve Bud Light. Only Budweiser, “fully loaded”. The 2011 Straw Dogs is not unlike a light beer. It has some interesting variations on the original, but in the end it’s not as satisfying or filling, and it isn’t quite ‘fully loaded”. Will it do? Actually, yes. Just know that there’s something better if you want it. …Read More