Excellent movie!

Rating: 9/10 (29 September 2008)

American History X is a very powerful film about neo-nazism and racism in general.The acting is all around very good.I am used to seeing Ethan Suplee in comedy films, but this is his first dramatic role if I am not mistaken, he does a great job as well as Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Stacy Keach & Beverly D'Angelo.The movie is about an intelligent young man who'se father gets killed during a drive-by shooting while putting out a fire.The man then turns into a racist and under the influence of an older neo-nazi named Cameron, he becomes a neo-nazi gang leader.They shave their heads and wrack havoc on anyone who is not white.He goes to prison for killing three black people who were trying to steal his car.In prison, he works in the laundry room with a black man and starts to change his ways and befriend him.He comes out, completely reformed and no longer racist, however his younger brother is slowly becoming like he used to be, even writing a book report of the Adolf Hitler book "Mein Kampf".So now, the man must stop his brother from going down the wrong path he did.American History X is a very good film with very powerful performances.The ending is pretty surprising as well.I recommend it!