Given that it’s been a dozen years or so, I haven’t the faintest idea what the HD-DVD looked like and, to be sure, it really doesn’t matter since that format died a very quick death. I last saw it in HD-DVD if that tells you anything. It’s been a while since I watched the film. Alpha Dog didn’t really light up the box office, but I was actually pleasantly surprised by it. The main characters spend their time in this film either drunk and/or high on marijuana and the only beer that’s consumed is Heineken so either that’s all they drank or Heineken got some very good product placement.
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The characters aren’t totally immoral like those of some other films they’re just kids who don’t know the right thing to do. The real “Johnny Truelove”, Jesse James Hollywood, has openly campaigned against this movie (from prison) but we see what good that did. Ironically, Zack doesn’t resent his captors, in fact he has a pretty good time partying it up and even having a little time alone with two (yes, two) girls in a swimming pool.Īs I mentioned above, the happenings of this movie were a much publicized event several years back and my thoughts must have been elsewhere as this was all news to me. Knowing that they’re facing life in prison for kidnapping, they must make a dire decision to save their own hides or do the right thing and send Zach back to his family. What happens is a snowball effect that has Johnny and his crew running for cover. The plan is relatively simple, hold Zach hostage while Jake comes up with the rest of his money and then he’s returned. The two have it out and as fate would have it, Jake’s kid brother, Zack (Anton Yelchin) is kidnapped by Johnny and a few others. On this particular occasion, Jake Mazursky (Ben Foster) comes up short on cash while trying to pay Johnny. Johnny has faithful and dedicated help and usually gets business done one way or the other. Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) is the sometimes questioned leader of his crew as a small time drug dealer near Palm Springs, California. We meet the cast of characters as they’re living it up.
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That’s Alpha Dog on the surface, let’s delve a bit deeper shall we?Īlpha Dog takes place in the past, the year 1999 to be exact. This isn’t all Timberlake’s movie though it’s got a pretty good supporting cast with Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone in some cameos. That and I think that he’s finally shrugging off that “wardrobe malfunction” from the Super Bowl a few years back. I have to admit that I’ve never really been a fan of hip hop music or anything that Timberlake has been associated with, but there’s something about the guy that does make you want to stand up and listen.
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Sure, the names have been changed (like “Jesse James Hollywood” is now “Johnny Truelove”) but the story, as they say, remains the same. It wasn’t until I sat down and watched it that I realized it was based off a true story. About the only thing I knew about Alpha Dog was that it had Justin Timberlake in it.