Not as good as I had hoped

Rating: 6/10 (28 November 1999)

I was a little disappointed by AHX. I skipped it when it was released at the movies a few months ago and caught up with it last night on DVD. I was right to miss it at the movies. Don't get me wrong - it's OK - infact it's a good attempt at a serious docu-drama by Hollywood - it's just that Europe does this sort of thing much better. And the UK (esp. the BBC and C4) has made much better films on neo-Nazis. The film is also a little sentimental and hard to swallow in parts (the rapid transformation of the brother from normal boy to Nazi back to normal boy again was hard to believe). On the positive side, Edward Norton is excellent and the movie is never boring. Maybe I'm spoiled having seen Norton in 'Fight Club' recently. Now that *was* a great movie...