Norton fantastic, movie alright

Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2000)

Don't get me wrong here, American History X is a good film thanks to the terrfic acting of Edward Norton, BUT I have seen this movie about 20 times before - the racism and hate plot has been way too many times before, this movie was no different except for the graphic violence. I was not loking for any kind of solution to the racism problem, BUT the movie left me feeling empty and asking myself: What's the point? racism and hate are bad - Duh! or was it racism and hate can be ugly - Duh!....a non-intelligent film that turned good thanks to Norton's acting ability.