Alpha Dog

 (2007)


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underrated morality tale taken from today's headlines
May 19, 2007
Roland E. Zwick - imdb.com
Although many of the actual names and locations have been changed for the movie, Nick Cassavetes' "Alpha Dog" tells the largely fact-based story of a particularly heinous homicide that took place in Southern California in the summer of 2000 (changed... Full review
almost Omega Dog
May 03, 2007
movieman_kev - imdb.com
Written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, this true life cautionary tale of Jessie James Hollywood (here renamed Johnny Truelove and played by Emile Hirsch of "girl Next Door" fame) and his infamous kidnapping and subsequent death of Nick Markowitz (redeemed... Full review
Timberlake Surprises
Feb 01, 2007
JP Paxton - imdb.com
Taking place in southern California, 'Alpha Dog' is based on the 1999 kidnapping and murder of Nicholas Markowitz (here named Zack Mazursky). Not only does director Nick Cassavetes focus on the obvious ripped from the headlines story, he also zooms... Full review
Alpha Dog
Jan 20, 2007
cultfilmfan - imdb.com
Alpha Dog is inspired by actual events and is about a drug dealer named Johnny Truelove who is owed money by an acquaintance of his named Jake. Seeing as Jake is not paying up, Johnny and his gang of friends... Full review
An excellent movie about misguided youth
Jan 15, 2007
Serkan Okar - imdb.com
When I saw the rating of this movie on IMDb.com, I couldn't believe my eyes. This movie definitely deserves a much better rating (around 7 would be the appropriate rating). This is a story about spoiled, misguided teenagers who do... Full review
A Great Film.
Jan 14, 2007
ajbo - imdb.com
Having learned about the "Jesse James Hollywood" case during my junior year in high school, I'll admit that I was actually extremely disappointed to find out that a film was being made depicting the events that had happened. However, I... Full review
Cassavetes should have stayed on task.
Jan 14, 2007
kc1177 - imdb.com
Maybe I just had to wait too long for this one to finally come out. I have never been a Justin Timberlake fan, but he was one of the best things about this movie. You cannot dislike him in this.... Full review
Good...disturbing.
Jan 13, 2007
terilynnbrown - imdb.com
That last reviewer is nuts. I wasn't even in the mood to see this kind of a film, but I really got into it and enjoyed myself! Yes, there is a lot of cussing, but the movie is rated R,... Full review
"A slice of Valley life that went wrong...real wrong..."
Jan 13, 2007
screenwriter-14 - imdb.com
ALPHA DOG is a film that will resonate with the younger generation as its theme of drugs, rap music and sex can be translated through out the world where a group of teens are angry, ignored and violent. Whether it... Full review
Surprisingly good
Feb 05, 2006
farrellrose - imdb.com
I got a chance to see a screening of this at Sundance.This movie sucks you in, seduces you, entrances you, then whacks you over the head with a baseball bat.It starts off fairly annoying... bunch of pimply-faced white wanna-be's spouting... Full review

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