After surviving a gang rape and mugging, Alice, a middle aged businesswoman and her 23 year old boyfriend, Adam, plot to murder their attackers. But in a moment of distraction a fateful collision occurs leading to a vicious and brutal attack that results in a consequent vendetta where Adam and Alice must fight violence with violence.
1980, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
1977, Shrewsbury, England, UK
1969, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyneside, England, UK
24 July 1977, Canning Town, London, England, UK
4 May 1959, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
21 April 1983, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
9 August 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 June 1957, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
May 05, 2007
Feels like an experiment in suspense and violence that doesn't actually tell us anything
November 03, 2012
Straightheads is as shallow as a puddle and forgoes anything approaching realism in favour of OTT violence and needless gore.
October 14, 2007
...a low-key drama disguised as a revenge thriller...
April 27, 2007
It's clear from the start this isn't a revenge drama that's going to wimp out at the end.
September 27, 2007
About how some of us would be willing to sell our souls to protect our loved ones if we had to...
April 27, 2007
Payback involving a shotgun, a kitchen table and a heap of pain.
April 27, 2007
Even if Straightheads looks as if it was made for about 4, it(TM)s been a long time since someone was brave enough to make a such a movie.
April 27, 2007
Masculinity in Crisis, part 364.
April 30, 2007
A repellent, ill-thought-through feature.
April 27, 2007
Make no mistake: this lo-fi rape-revenge Brit flick wants to shock you.
April 24, 2007
The film is a shallow study of the â~intoxicating allure of violence', with a few gratuitous tit shots thrown in for good measure.
September 04, 2007
The film looks professional and has a relatively big-name star in Gillian Anderson, but the screenplay - written by director Dan Reed - doesn't make a single bit of sense.
