2016 American film
Dog Eat Dog Directed by Paul Schrader Screenplay by Matthew Wilder Based on Dog Eat Dog Edward Bunker Produced by Mark Earl Burman Gary Hamilton Brian Beckmann David Hillary Starring Cinematography Alexander Dynan Edited by Ben Rodriguez Jr. Music by Deantoni Parks Production
Blue Budgie Films
Roxwell Films
Arclight Films
Pure Dopamine
Ingenious Media Shanghai Gigantic Pictures
Distributed by RLJ Entertainment Release dates
May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20 ) (Cannes [ 1] November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04 ) (United States) Running time
93 minutes[ 2] Country United States Language English Box office $184,404[ 3] [ 4]
Dog Eat Dog action thriller film [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Paul Schrader with a screenplay by Matthew Wilder, based onEdward Bunker 's 1995 novel of the same name. The film starsNicolas Cage andWillem Dafoe .
The film was the closing entry for theDirectors' Fortnight section at the2016 Cannes Film Festival .[ 8] [ 9]
Three former prisoners - Troy, Mad Dog and Diesel - are hired to kidnap a baby and share a big ransom payment.[ 10] [ 11]
Principal photography on the film began on October 19, 2015 inCleveland ,Ohio .[ 14] [ 15] Sheffield Lake ,[ 16] [ 17]
The film had its premiere as the closing entry for theDirectors' Fortnight section at the2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2016.[ 18] [ 19]
On review aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 49% based on 71 reviews, with an average rating of 5.06/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Dog Eat Dog ' s refreshing bundle of quirks and surfeit of visual style aren't quite enough to compensate for an aimlessly forgettable story."[ 20] Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[ 21]
Peter Bradshaw ofThe Guardian [ 22] Todd McCarthy ofThe Hollywood Reporter Dog Eat Dog definitely looks like it was shot on the cheap but puts what it needs to up on the screen with vigor and wit."[ 23] Slant Magazine [ 24]
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