Norton's best performance to date

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2002)

Even though I've only seen three of Edward Norton's films American History x, Fight Club and Keeping The Faith. American History X is by far Norton's best work.
In History X he plays Derek a leader of a neo Nazi gang of skinheads in Venice Beach, California. After Killing two black guys for trying to steal his car he is sent down for manslaughter. While in prison he is made to work with a black man, at first he resents the man but as the film goes on he becomes really good friends with him. Also while in prison he meets another group of Nazi's who he befriends. When he see that the men in this gang are not as dedicated to white power has him he leaves them and starts playing basketball with the black cons. With this bring hatred from the nazi gang and something terrible happens. This helps to reform him and change him from a Nazi to a respectable member of society. On his release he realises that his little brother Danny (Edward Furlong, Terminator 2) has followed in the same footsteps has him. Is there enough time to rescue Danny before something bad happens?
American History X is not biased to any race it just tells the story of a neo nazi's reform. It has some really good arguments for both races.
Buy this and you'll be hooked not just by how different Norton is from Fight Club but by the acting and story. 10/10