"Alpha Dog": Out of control and raging youth

Andres 2021-12-12 08:01:15

(Zhening wrote on July 25, 2007) The
film was filmed as early as 2005, and it was not released until 2007. The main reason for the postponement was the wrong timing and untimely birth. When the filming was completed, it happened to be the right time. The main culprit of the film story, Jesse James (Johnny Truelove) just fell into the French Open. Considering many social factors and influences, he was banned for a period of time.
In the film’s publicity offensive, one of the highlights of the film was set as Frank, the main offender played by Justin. Although Justin’s screen show was done well, in my personal opinion, the two old movie stars who acted as guest stars The performance is even more impressive, especially the veteran sexy beauty Sharon Stone, she brilliantly played the murdered 15-year-old boy Zac's mother.
There is a scene at the end of the film about a year after Zach was murdered, the mother told the camera that the middle-aged beautiful woman of the past was gone, replaced by an old fat woman, tears in the face of the cross. "Since Zach died, her mother has relied on overeating to fill the pain of losing her son. She shook her head slowly and said: "My son Zach is dead." The pain in her eyes can be described as non-literal...Sa Sister Lang's acting skills have indeed made breakthroughs, and she has worked so hard to put on ugliness for the cameo role, which is really admirable.
In the past two years, Sister Sharon has a good relationship with the Willis family. First, she and Bruce Willis both played guest roles in "Alpha Dog", a mother who plays the victim, and a father who pretends to be the principal offender. Then, Sister Sharon appeared with Willis’ ex-wife Demi Moore in the political film Bobby. Bruce Willis plays the father of a young drug dealer. It's really interesting. Just look at people who are so hard-hearted when they face tricky TV interviews. They are even the boss of the BOSS.
This documentary film is not complicated in filming techniques. It focuses the lens on the youngest number one criminal in the history of the FBI-drug lord Jesse James (called Johnny in the film). When Jesse was a teenager, he established a huge drug trafficking network between the United States and Canada. As a teenager, he "earned" enough money to buy a mansion for himself, and his men also collected a group of "brothers" in their twenties. Most of these young people came from wealthy but incomplete families. None of them lacked money. But after the family broke up, they volunteered to join Jesse's drug cartel. The police stared at them for a long time, but suffered from a lack of favorable evidence until the murder happened.
The film is not so much a crime-themed film, as it is a youth-themed film. Youth is not all beautiful, especially in the present moment, youth that is out of control and raging is everywhere. The film is like a lost youth in the United States. Group photo (if you imitate Zhang Dadao, it can be named "Impression Beauty Shao").
The young street drug dealer Johnny (played by Emile Husky) is a big man in a neighborhood in Los Angeles. “Where is Johnny, where is the hottest dance party and hot girls.” Johnny and his brothers Living a life of drunkenness, pleasure, and doing whatever you want is actually a boring life.
The reckless young Jack (played by Ben Foster), who is easily out of control, owes Johnny a large amount of money for drugs. Where is the face of the drug boss? With a grudge, Johnny instigated the brothers to "kidnap" Jack's 15-year-old half-brother Zac by chance.
Although there is the name of kidnapping, there is no actual kidnapping. The brothers found Zac very cute and treated him well, especially Frank, who was in charge of the guard, who took Zac home (Frank’s father was too lazy to ask the child. (Origin), treats him like his own brother, and Zach, who has always been restrained by his family and his mother’s discipline, also enjoys this coveted summer of "banning lifting": alcoholism, drugs, picking up girls, early night parties...all these temptations Let Zach have the pleasure of "not thinking about Shu".
Frank bluntly stated to the visiting friends that Zac was "kidnapped". Except for a girl who was in a bewildered state and said he wanted to call the police, the surprise of others did not last for two seconds. For them, it was nothing more than It's just a new playmate. For Zach, the same is true.
Three days of carnival time flashed by. Zach never thought about leaving here and going home by himself. Franks were addicted to the "illusory journey" again and again, and never thought of the ending. However, taking away the young and alone Zac is a felony in itself. Facing the upcoming legal punishment, Johnny panicked and finally made a fatal decision...
Although the film selected the life of those young people, But it is not difficult to see the terrible crisis hidden in American middle-class families. When the girl ran to tell her mother that Frank had "kidnapped" a child, the mother couldn't listen because she was full of her mind about how sexy she was with her own man. They sent to Frank’s house, never asking how they lived, and the children were excited because they had the money to buy drugs from Frank. As for Frank, this rich guy is Johnny’s best friend. He turned a blind eye to the romantic sofa scenes between his father and a strange woman. He also carefully cultivated marijuana in the greenhouse of the Norwegian University at home...
In the film, the most spoken words by the children It was the well-known word beginning with "F". When things were completely beyond their imagination, they couldn't believe it and couldn't bear it. They could only curse and panic, and then chose a terrible path to go on. When Frank and the others tricked Zac into the mountain and had to seal his mouth with tape, Frank’s eyes were filled with struggle and fear...Zac was dead, and a group of empty and decadent youths who only eat, drink and have fun completely thought about it. I don't understand how I got here.
In the scene where Zac was killed, Justin performed outstandingly. Frank's originally overly simple thoughts and squandering of youth became an unbearable burden in his life at this time. When I watched this scene, I suddenly thought, is this just the true performance of Justin? After all, he himself has the characteristics of the younger generation in the United States.
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Alpha Dog quotes

  • Cosmo Gadabeeti: [grabs onto Johnny Truelove] Hey, look at this kid. How handsome he is. Look at this! You must be knocking them dead. You knocking them dead?

    Johnny Truelove: No. Let go of me.

    Cosmo Gadabeeti: So what are you doing tonight? You chasing tail?

  • [last lines]

    Cosmo Gadabeeti: I'm telling you, he's lost.

    Sonny Truelove: I think he's right. I mean, I ain't seen him. He ain't here. He must be lost. Now get the fuck out of my house.