A remake of the 1971 movie that starred a youthful Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, this retelling tries hard, but is a shadow of that Sam Pekenpah directed classic.
This version, starring airheads Kate Bosworth and James Marsden, and a slumming James Woods, lacks most of the tension of that original, with Marsden missing all the breaking-point unhinged-ness that Hoffman delivered.
Marsden and wife Bosworth re-locate from LA to Blackwater, Alabama, which is her hometown, to allow him to write a movie script.
While a local crew work on the roof to their house, tensions rise between the two successful LA types and the country boys. Things escalate, as they often do in these situations, and the workers' push the writer to the brink.
While the last half hour is gripping stuff - and I'm sorry to keep repeating this - it's not as good as the original.
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