
Straw Dogs
1971


“Time is running out.”
474 votes
A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.
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Phillip NoyceWriter
Streaming availability for India
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I was hoping that it would be another great movie playing Naomi Watts as I love most movies she's in, but sadly this one isn't one of them. This movie was super boring. It's basically Naomi Watts walking and talking on phone whole time. I couldn't endure it and just stopped watching it after 30 minutes or so and then fast forwarded and and all movie she's walking and talking on phone.