A movie so thought-provoking and disturbing that the messages will remain with you for quite some time (it was for me...)

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2003)

Not since FULL METAL JACKET and DO THE RIGHT THING have I seen a movie that struck a good amount of nerves within me. AMERICAN HISTORY X is
the one film that takes shaky issues like racism and bigotry and explores the worlds behind them. Here, Edward Norton made his mark as a legendary actor with his role as Derek, an angry Skinhead from
Venice Beach, CA, who's p***ed-off-at-the-world persona could might as well pass him off as the reincarnated Hitler, only to have his eyes open the hard way after serving major time for a murder that stained his own pair of hands. Eddie Furlong also stars as Derek's impressionable kid brother, eager to step into his sibling's shoes.