A film that is not seen, but experienced!

Rating: 9/10 (7 April 1999)

American History X is an incredibly powerful film that picked me up and didn't let me go. The film is so real and brilliantly portrayed that it is flat out frightening.
Edward Norton delivers the best performance of 1998, as Derek Vinyard, a young leader of the D.O.C., a local Neo-Nazi organization. Derek was sent up for three years for murdering two young black men, who were trying to "jack" his truck. Upon his release Derek finds out that his younger brother Danny(Edward Furlong) is acting exactly like Derek's former self
American History X hit me right in the face when I saw it. I didn't get what I had expected, but I am glad I didn't. The fact is the realism of the film is what makes it so powerful along with brilliant direction and a superb screenplay.
I urge everyone to see this film, but be warned it is very violent and brutal, because it should be experienced by everyone and I think this film really does a lot to show the viewer what is so incredibly wrong with racism and hate and that is why I will never forget this emotionally powerful film.