One of the Best Films I've Ever Seen

Rating: 10/10 (13 April 1999)

When I First saw this film November last year and last week again on video, I thought, this is a good movie. Soon, it became one of my favorite films, and besides for Saving Pvt. Ryan, I thought it was the best film of the year. It depicts drama, violence, and other elements so excellently, so brutal, it can get a little scary at times. The film is about a teenager named Derek Vinyard (oscar nom. and shoud've been winner Edward Norton). Right when he and his family were doing well near Venice Beach. But, after his father, a fireman, gets murdered by a black man, Derek feels enraged, and with a felo neo-nazi, forms the DOC (I don't know what this means, but the org is only for Venice beach Nazis). He and his group vandalize stores with Extreme prejudice. But after he catches 2 black men try to jack his car, he goes to jail for murder. Jail dissolved his ways of thinking (partly thanks to his teacher played by Avery Brooks). When he returns, he wants out (and also for his follower brother played by Edward Furlong). The rest you'll have to see for yourself. This film explores many psychological transformations and torment. And thanks to great performances (by all characters especially Norton) this makes the film great and provocative