This movie attempts to show that racism exists in anyone

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 1999)

Derek Vinyard's conversion in prison is unconvincing because he never fully faces the horror of the two murders he committed. He expects to change and blithely move on, helping his brother to overcome his burgeoning neo-Nazi ways. The writers support this misunderstanding on Derek's part by the bloody last scene. Yet this statement (on the part of the writers) shows that violence begets violence and that there is no end to racism and bloodshed in the earth. A truly converted Derek would have gotten his brother out of town and would have made sure that something was done to soften the anger of the avenger. At the very least, a changed Derek would have been overcome by sorrow for the victim whose skull he crushed, rather than realizing that being pissed off did not help him better his life. In the end, this film is fatalistic and helps no one.