![]() ![]() What is interesting is that they become friends, in fact Zack becomes like a little brother to Frankie as he is shown the party life style. ![]() The thing is that this first half is a lot of noise which goes on and on detracting from the actual storyline which is the issues between Jake and Johnny as well Jakes little brother Zack feeling suffocated by an oppressive mother.Īnyway the bits of story that there are lead to Johnny and his crew kidnapping Zack and this is where things actually become interesting because we have Johnny forcing Frankie to baby-sit Zack. They act tough, do drugs, pick on those they can intimidate but when it comes to real trouble they are chicken shit. Now there is a lot of character building during this first half as it also sets up the storyline of Jake Mazursky owing Johnny money but the biggest thing it sets up is that Johnny is not tough and neither are his friends. Tattooed up and talking trash we enter the movie and are hit full force by these white kids who hang around Johnny Truelove because he is their tough talking boss and the son of Sonny Truelove whose reputation makes people fear him. There are two clear halves to "Alpha Dog" and the first half is about rich white boys pretending to be gangsters. The two come close as Frankie warms to the fun loving Zack but with Johnny discovering that he is either going to have to face the psychotic Jake or end up in prison things spiral out of control. With Jake not paying up Johnny and his crew kidnap his 15 year old brother Zack (Anton Yelchin) who is happy to be held hostage because Johnny's right hand man Frankie ( Justin Timberlake - Edison) treats him well. But Johnny has a problem in Jake Mazursky ( Ben Foster - Hostage) a psychotic druggy that owes him money and doesn't buy into Johnny being someone to be feared. Unfortunately these are just moments and a couple of performances because beyond that there is a lot of noise and a movie which goes on longer than it should.Īs the son of Sonny Truelove (Bruce Willis), a feared underworld figure, Johnny (Emile Hirsch) has his own gang of middle-class kids who do drugs and party hard. Having said that there are moments of greatness, both Ben Foster and Justin Timberlake deliver strong performances and when it comes to what in some ways should have been the climax it does have an emotional punch. I'm not one of those, in fact I am not someone who can effuse about "Alpha Dog" as for the most I found it remarkably ordinary, stylish but not really captivating. "Alpha Dog" may be based on a true story but it also appears to be one of those movies which comes along once in a while which resonates with a generation, I say appears because most of the opinions I have heard which effuse about this movies greatness come from a certain group of people.
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