the reason why people love movies

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2000)

if you're a movie freak (which i assume you are since you read this boring review), than you know its a little harder for you to disengage yourself from thoughts about the process i.e. how the actors and crew perform. in this movie though, its rarely a concern since this movie is so well played, directed, written and generally carried out that you're to busy sitting with your mouth wide open. the plot ,in short, is about a charismatic skin head who's sentenced to three years in jail for killing two black people. In jail he is forced to meet and be acquainted with minorities he hated too much to know. when he's released, he comes home to find that his younger brother his headed to the same fate as his and tries to stop him. now, this basic subject has been executed to motion pictures in all kinds of versions such as Rob Reiner's ghosts from the past but unlike that movie (which is pathetic, if i may say so) this movie tries to deal with the basic cause of racism instead of merely explaining it by the nature of southern yahoos that usually have the I.Q. of algea (according to reiner et al) finally, I would like to salute Edward norton who, if not tempted to play in mediocre hollywood films, is bound to be the next Al Pacino (i didn't say De-niro because he deteriorated so badly that i can't even talk about it). summing up: rent the movie justify your movie freakiness or at least remind yourself why you became one in the first place.