American History X is more relevant now than the time this was made. At the time these fascist ideals were considered part of the far right fringe. Now that's are part of mainstream America. American History X shows how one can fall down this rabbit hole and the consequences of hate and far right propaganda.. Edward Norton is excellent as Nazi skinhead Derek and shows his path to hate and then later redemption. Edward Furlong is his little brother, his performance is not the greatest.( but he at least tries) Stacey Keach and Benjamin Sysco from Star Trek Deep Space Nine(I forget the name of the actor) are excellent. The movie as a whole is very good and has a very strong anti racism message. As a young man I started to go to hardcore and death metal shows, the bad guys in the scene that nobody liked were the Nazi skinheads. Whether you were a punk rocker, a straight edge kid or even a metalhead, these guys would ruin everyone's good time if 10;or more of these knuckleheads would show up. Now you don't have to part of the underground to come into contact with people that think like that, all you have to do is turn on Fox News .
Review of American History X
