Left me absolutely speechless

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2002)

It took me almost ten minutes to utter a single word after watching this movie. That word was: Wow! "American History X" touches a subject, which I can no longer say isn`t used enough, because every movie maker not only think that their views on the subject of racism are brilliant, but also original, and usually the product ends up being incredibly pompous and pretty boring. However, I can say that director Tony Kaye and writer David Mckenna do not fall under that category. While it is hard to be original in this subject, "American History X" was simply brilliant and one of the greatest movies I have ever seen.
Edward Norton gives not only the performance of his life, but one of the top ones ever. The fact that he didn`t win the oscar shows truly how messed up the academy awards are. Norton plays a former neo-nazi, who basically becomes a born-again human being while being incarcerated for manslaughter. Norton more or less played 2 roles this movie and nailed them both. After being released from prison Norton does everything he can to keep his brother(played by Edward Furlong) from following in his footsteps.
This movie was so great, I won`t even bother to insult it by attempting to give it a rating. Just see it for yourself. You won`t be sorry.