Review of Alpha Dog (2006) by Gamzguy17 — 21 Aug 2021
Let me get something off of my chest, "Alpha Dog" is a film soaked in fiction with its love of exploiting hyper-masculinity, high flying martial arts kicks, and everybody delivering pretentious and hammy performances with a Bruce Willis father figure (barely in the film) to only further drive the point home that this is a fictitious over-the-top film with another predictable teens and drugs story.
Right, now take everything I just said in the above paragraph and apply that to a non-fiction story where all of the witnesses and people involved in set story are being portrayed by big name actors who, under the direction of Cassavetes, try to relate and tug at the heart-strings of the audience with music, sound effects, and the aforementioned hyper-masculinity.
The latter especially sucking the limelight away from the film's already weak plot which should always be any film's focus. What a disgustingly manipulative piece of Hollywood dribble! It makes me sad and sick because this true story can be better represented than what this garbage film had to offer.
By the end, it left one nasty sour taste in my mouth.
This review of Alpha Dog (2006) was written by Gamzguy17 on 21 Aug 2021.
Alpha Dog has generally received positive reviews.
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