Straw Dogs, directed by Rod Lurie (The Last Castle), is an action thriller about a screenwriter, David Sumner (James Marsden), from LA who decides to move with his wife, Amy (Kate Bosworth), to her hometown in the deep south. After encountering Amy's old childhood flame, tensions begin to mount between the husband and wife who are having a tougher time settling in than they thought. When it becomes apparent the childhood flame, Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), is still interested in Amy, the situation does not take long before it turns hostile.