I'm supposing that there would be more identification with America when this
remake of Straw Dogs had its location changed from Cornwall in England to
Mississippi in the USA. It's the reddest of red states with a troubled past and a
propensity to violence among the good old boy villains.
Screenwriter James Marsden and his wife Kate Bosworth have moved back to her small Mississippi hometown where at one time she was going with local redneck Alexander Skarsgard. God only knows why Marsden thought this place would provide peace, quiet and inspiration to finish his screenplay for a film about the battle of Stalingrad. Skarsgard thinks this might be the opportunity to show Bosworth what she's missing.
The other element here is mentally challenged Dominic Purcell who retired football coach James Woods an old pre-civil rights era good old boy who hates him for the attentions he keeps paying to his tease of a daughter Willa Holland. When Marsden and Bosworth offer him some shelter after a tragic event happens the climax starts with the invasion of Skarsgard and his pals.
This version sure matches the violence of the Sam Peckinpah original without the Peckinpah style. Still shows what anyone is capable of if pushed far enough. Marsden's worm really turns here.
Screenwriter James Marsden and his wife Kate Bosworth have moved back to her small Mississippi hometown where at one time she was going with local redneck Alexander Skarsgard. God only knows why Marsden thought this place would provide peace, quiet and inspiration to finish his screenplay for a film about the battle of Stalingrad. Skarsgard thinks this might be the opportunity to show Bosworth what she's missing.
The other element here is mentally challenged Dominic Purcell who retired football coach James Woods an old pre-civil rights era good old boy who hates him for the attentions he keeps paying to his tease of a daughter Willa Holland. When Marsden and Bosworth offer him some shelter after a tragic event happens the climax starts with the invasion of Skarsgard and his pals.
This version sure matches the violence of the Sam Peckinpah original without the Peckinpah style. Still shows what anyone is capable of if pushed far enough. Marsden's worm really turns here.