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Alpha Dog

One crime. 38 witnesses. No way back.

6.7 / 10

122 minutes

2006-01-27

English

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Actors :

Emile Hirsch, Bruce Willis, Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Shawn Hatosy, Ben Foster, Harry Dean Stanton, Matthew Barry, Fernando Vargas, Vincent Kartheiser, Alex Solowitz, Alec Vigil, Frank Cassavetes, Nicole Dubos, Regina Rice

Description

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and holds him hostage. Problem now is what to do with 'stolen boy?'

Reviews

J4stringthang

J4stringthang

6/23/2021, 3:57:24 PM

OK Timberlake fans and haters alike, Calm Down! Largely regarded as "you know, that movie with Timberlake in it." Alpha Dog was enjoyable. And Timberlake did a great job. He is definitely all grown up now. A strong supporting cast of Sharon Stone and Bruce Willis sure didn't hurt. I loved how the cast worked so good together. They were very believable. The movie did a great job of showing us just ...

DoryDarko

DoryDarko

6/23/2021, 3:57:54 PM

Going into this film, I had no idea what it was about, only that it was based on a true story. And the more I think about this fact, the truth behind it all, the more it saddens me. The story that unfolded before my eyes last night is not one I'm likely to forget anytime soon. The characters, as I understand, are eerily like the real life people depicted, and all of the actors have done a great...

John Chard

John Chard

5/16/2024, 3:22:23 PM

You ever have that dream: the one where you did something... You don't know why, but you can never go back? Alpha Dog is a filmic interpretation of the real life Jesse James Hollywood/Nicholas Markowitz case of 2000. We are in the company of young dope dealers, a group of wannabe gangsters who ultimately are way out of their depth, whose decisions are so moronically misguided they form the b...