In 1999, in Claremont, California, the violent Jake Mazursky (Ben Foster) owes US$ 1,200.00 to the coward drug dealer Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch), who is son of the powerful criminal Sonny Truelove (Bruce Willis). They fight and start a personal war, with Jake breaking into the house of Johnny with his friends, stealing the TV and leaving excrement in the living room. Johnny kidnaps Jake's fifteen year old brother Zach Mazurka (Anton Yelchin), who has just had an argument with his parents, and brings him to the upper class house of his friend Frankie Ballenbacher (Justin Timberlake). Along a couple of days, Zach meets the friends of Frankie, goes to parties, drinks boozes, smokes pot and has sex with other teenagers. When Johnny realizes that kidnapping means life sentence, he asks the minion scum Elvis Schmidt (Shawn Hatosy) to kill the boy.
"Alpha Dog" is an impressive movie, disclosing one of the most sordid crime I have ever seen in a film. I do not know how accurate the story is, but based on the screenplay it is amazing the level of alienation and cold blood of the criminals. I regret that the screenplay reveals the fate of Zach in the beginning, breaking the tension and a possible twist in the end. The performances are awesome, and I was very impressed with Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy and Justin Timberlake, perfect in their roles. The great soundtrack begins with a beautiful interpretation of "Over the Rainbow", by Eva Cassidy, that gives a touch of class to this movie. Johnny (Jesse James) was actually arrested in Saquarema, Região dos Lagos, Brazil. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Alpha Dog"
"Alpha Dog" is an impressive movie, disclosing one of the most sordid crime I have ever seen in a film. I do not know how accurate the story is, but based on the screenplay it is amazing the level of alienation and cold blood of the criminals. I regret that the screenplay reveals the fate of Zach in the beginning, breaking the tension and a possible twist in the end. The performances are awesome, and I was very impressed with Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy and Justin Timberlake, perfect in their roles. The great soundtrack begins with a beautiful interpretation of "Over the Rainbow", by Eva Cassidy, that gives a touch of class to this movie. Johnny (Jesse James) was actually arrested in Saquarema, Região dos Lagos, Brazil. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Alpha Dog"