Gillian Anderson, Danny Dyer, Ralph Brown

After surviving a gang rape and mugging, a middle aged businesswoman and her 23 year old boyfriend plot to murder their attackers, but find themselves conflicted about carrying out their plans.

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R, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Dan Reed

Release Date: April 27, 2007

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DVD Release Date: September 18, 2007

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  • March 20, 2009
    Gillian Anderson & Danny Dyer star in Closure (aka Straightheads). A single successful meets a security alarm professional and they both are attracted to one another. After leaving a party out of town the night unravels to be horrible and then the view...an eye for an eye becomes...( read more) what is being focused on.
  • September 11, 2008
    Goes for a more literal depiction of revenge as opposed to something deep or meaningful. Anderson and Dyer are both excellent but their characters are shoddy at best. There's a role reversal but Anderson's comes from out of nowhere as she is affected by somebody trying to explain...( read more) why they raped her. Still she gets her revenge and freaks out when Dyer goes for his. Dyer's character at least has some more complex emotions going on but the film wreaks of desperation as it tries to be some social commentary. The ending may be realistically fitting but it is the last shot which is plain hilarious. "Ooooh it's so deap" no it's just a filmmaker without any real vision of his own.At 80 minutes it is worth a watch, just don't expect to be satisfied. Watch Straw Dogs or Dead Mans Shoes instead.
  • May 3, 2008
    gillian anderson with dany dyer both back on form in a revenge flick. it's not got an amazing script and storyline. it's not got excellent acting standards, but... it is hugely entertaining. well made by dan reed whoever he is
  • September 25, 2007
    Gillian Anderson plays a sexy yuppie,Danny Dyer plays a cockney...for a change....good film tho.
  • August 26, 2007
    Payback involving a shotgun, a kitchen table and a heap of pain. Make no mistake: this lo-fi rape-revenge Brit flick wants to shock you.
  • September 25, 2009
    Loved it, my kind of movie, its dark and deep. Unusual pairing between Dyer and Anderson which surprisingly works, I had never heard of this movie just happened to come on the tv late one night but it got me hooked from the beginning.
  • September 23, 2009
    This movie is so-so.Seeing Gillian Anderson nude is great.
  • September 4, 2009
    Anderson and Dyer are very believable, and the film as a whole is effective. Thumbs up!
  • September 1, 2009
    great revenge especially from Danny Dyer - "an eye for an eye"... looks like a setup for a sequel...
  • August 26, 2009
    Quite a horrid little film to be honest, i certainly wouldn't recommend it if you have a weak stomach....
    It's obviously designed to shock and it does it's job. It's intense, disturbing and makes for uncomfortable viewing most of the time.
    It's basically a very literal story of...( read more) revenge. Not the best ive ever seen, but certainly not the worst either. See it and make up your own mind :)

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  • nbhatti3000
    November 13, 2007
    a middle-class woman and a man who after coming back in an explosive night from the party in the highlands, however on the way they encounter a connection with some men who beat him and horrifically gang-rape her. After surviving this terrifying encounter, the traumatized couple decide to take revenge on the mob. After coming to terms with what happened, the couple manage to get hold of a rifle. for passing time it is a good movie.
  • MadDogtheMovieWatcher
    September 23, 2007
    I found this movie under a different title; Closure

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