59%User score 59 percent
Straw Dogs
2011 · Drama · Thriller
User Score
227 votes
Some things are worth fighting for.
In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. When the pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms to fend off their assailants, finding ways to resourcefully defend their home––and themselves––as the escalating attacks become more unpredictable and relentless.
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John Chard
July 29, 2018
There are many kind of monsters in the world. The Keeping Room is directed by Daniel Barber and written by Julia Hart. It stars Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, Muna Otaru, Sam Worthington and Kyle Soller. Music is by Martin Phipp and cinematography by Martin Ruhe. It's the back end of the American Civil War and 3 women fight to defend their home from 2 Union Army "Bummers"... Uncle Billy is coming! As genres go, the…
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Wuchak
May 31, 2020
_**Near the end of the Civil War three women fight for their lives**_ During the Carolinas Campaign near the bitter end of the Civil War in spring, 1865, two sisters & a former slave (Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld & Muna Otaru) have been waiting out the war at their rural homestead. A couple of Yankee cutthroats enter the picture and they have to use their wits to survive. A slowburn Western that takes place in the…
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