They grew up together in the suburbs of LA, living their own version of the American dream, with every day a blur of partying and looking for the next thrill. Johnny (Emile Hirsch, Lords of Dogtown) is the leader in their sordid world of drugs, greed, power and privilege. But when he is double-crossed by another dealer, things quickly begin to spiral out of control, and an impulsive kidnapping leads to a shocking conclusion. Justin Timberlake (Edison), Sharon Stone (Bobby) and Bruce Willis (Lucky Number Slevin) co-star in this powerful and controversial film.
Sidney Kimmel
Chuck Pacheco
Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone, Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Shawn Hatosy, Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Christopher Marquette, Matt Barry, Lukas Haas, Alex Kingston, Harry Dean Stanton, Dominique Swain, David Thornton, Heather Wahlquist, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried
Critics Consensus: A glossy yet unflinching portrait of violent, hedonistic teenagers. Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone chew the scenery, while Justin Timberlake gives a noteworthy performance.
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
This inspired-by-reality tale is essentially an emotional snuff film. It's the kind of misguided e...
Brian Marder
Jim Lane
Cassavetes' film is pure Hollywood fiction and sensationalism mixed with some sense of reality, bu...
A lackluster teenage true-crime tale.
Sunday Mirror (UK)
Stylishly and thoughtfully directed by Nick Cassavetes, Alpha Dog is occasionally chilling, but al...
London Evening Standard
Derek Malcolm
Its originality lies in the fact that it depicts white middle-class kids on the loose, calling the...
Nick Cassavetes' film combines an aimless ramble through juvenile depravity in the affluent suburb...
The Sun (UK)
Johnny Vaughan
It's Beverly Hills 90210 on crystal meth as a gang of posh potheads lose the plot when a kidnappin...
Daily Mirror (UK)
The movie may lose its way in the last 15 minutes but everything leading up to that point is gripp...
Timberlake stars in fact-based drug drama.
Parents need to know that this movie is a focuses on older teens and twentysomethings who do and deal drugs (some encouraged by parents who also smoke pot), have sex, drink, smoke, lie, and cheat. There is a lot of violence, including shootings, fights, bloody injuries, a nasty broken arm (it cracks loudly), kicks, a boy knocking girls to the ground, a "crew" destroying an enemy's home, and a murder in which the duct-taped victim tearfully begs to be spared. Sex scenes (in bed and in a pool) show naked bottoms and breasts (one father invites his son to join him and the two women he's with). Language includes hundreds of "f--k"s, plus other familiar obscenities and racist, sexist, and homophobic terms.
Release Date:January 12, 2007
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