Alpha Dog

This tragic journey is based on a true story and takes us into the inner workings of a suburban clan that gets caught up in the glamour and high paced speed of the drug life, wannabe gangster life, and of course we get to watch them deal with all the drama and confusion that goes with it. 

I was shocked to see that Justin Timberlake was absolutely amazing.  He truly lost himself into his character as Frankie, for as we are watching we only see the character he is playing and not the singer we have previously become acquainted with.  For an accomplished singer to master the art of movie making, and be great at both is a great feat, and I'm impressed.

I hate that this story was told from true events for It really tore me up, and I fed on the happenings, reliving the storyline in my head for a few hours after I left the theatre.  Drooling over the draw of this lifestyle and then being thankful that I have never been caught up in it.

Go see this movie, it is a bit disturbing, but its a surprising look into what has affected the lives of some of our youth, at least the lives of those this story happened to.  Please learn from this film that its not cool to be a wanna be thug.

PS - I loved the side captions when they told the Witness number and Name, for this trial is still going on today in California.