Straw Dogs
Thriller • R • 1971 • 1 hr 56 min
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Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T. P. McKenna, Del Henney
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I can’t say I agree with Peckinpah’s thesis here, but what a brutal, compelling, horrific movie. It sucks, it rules, it’s oddly watchable.
Disturbing movie. But we'll paced and brilliantly performed and directed.
Man vs. nature and that internal struggle with violence. Also expertly edited, the whole siege is just non stop action
Super dark film, better than the remake, just an amazing acting performance from the leads
Way too long but pretty intense towards the end. The writing could have been better overall.
Brutal and bleak - the banality of evil and the dark within us all.
This thriller really kept the suspense and anxiety turn up to 11. I couldn’t calm down until it was over.
Tense, well-paced, mean, but not as exciting as it could be. Trigger warning for a scene halfway through, outside of effective horror.
Controversial rape and revenge fantasy that slowly builds into a frenzy - the editing is masterful. it may be worth hating, but is riveting
A dark essay on human nature. Tense, with relentless violence, blood soaked and with interesting character construction.
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