L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
One of those movies that sits in an armchair, smokes a pipe and reflects "seriously" on "the question of violence," but the main reason to see it is for the hilariously nasty uses it devises for a bear trap, nail gun, etc.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
16 Sep 2011
fresh:
While Lurie could have gone lighter on the symbolism, he ratchets up the tension with deft intelligence. He's not just making a thriller but a horror film, and we feel his own fear in every scene.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
16 Sep 2011
fresh:
Everything here plays out to the same beats and yet ultimately results in conventional revenge-minded catharsis rather than queasy ambivalence.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
16 Sep 2011
fresh:
Lurie, like Peckinpah, is fascinated by the idea that the seemingly mild, non-confrontational pacifist may be the villain in all of this.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
18 Sep 2011
rotten:
A routine, if rather gruesome thriller with attractive leads ducking in and out of danger.