Ed Norton at his best

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2002)

I have to give major props to Ed Norton. He picks some very good movies to do. I can see by his choices that he enjoys a challenge. You will not find one film with Norton that is just a walk-through picture. American History X is most certainly one of the most thought-provoking movies he has ever done. The story of a neo-nazi who goes through an ideological change in prison when he is befriended by a black man is very good. But, Norton makes the story even better by giving his character a lot of intelligence. I have to admit that although I disagree with EVERYTHING that the Norton character said before his conversion, he is the ONLY character of this kind who actually has intelligent, well thought out reasons for what he believes.