Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

mattkratz This is a crime/drug movie. It has an outstanding cast (Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Emile Hirsch, Sharon Stone, the late Anton Yelchin, etc.), but it wasn't quite an outstanding movie. It experiments with techniques like split screen, documentary style, and other styles, but doesn't stick with them long enough, and those work to a certain degree. The movie was a bit unpleasant and featured a gratuitous amount of violence and language (as can be expected for a movie like this), and a story was somewhat present if a little difficult to follow. My favorite scene was the Marco Polo scene in the pool. The cast did try hard and work fairly well together, but the end result wasn't really a classic.** out of ****

Robert Thompson (justbob1982) Version I saw: UK DVD releaseActors: 6/10Plot/script: 7/10Photography/visual style: 5/10Music/score: 5/10Overall: 6/10It's only by chance that I ever heard about this movie. I don't remember it getting much of a release back in 2006, and I am not surprised. It's not a bad movie, but not much better than that.After a slow start, the film has a few interesting things to say about the Californian youth culture, and paces nicely toward an end in which I have to admit I was engaged. Justin Timberlake (in the midst of his transformation from music star to acting star) stands out as one of the slackers/wannabe gangsters who kidnap a kid and then don't know what to do with him, and the young cast are ably supported by veterans Bruce Willis, Harry Dean Stanton and Sharon Stone.It is interesting to see a film which only becomes interesting when the action *stops* rather than starts. On the whole though, I would only recommend seeking out this movie if you have nothing better to do.For my full review, see my independent film blog on Blogspot, Cinema Inferno: http://cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/alpha-dog-2006.html

toddg-473-289818 Realizing that this is a true crime movie, the screenwriters took a lot of license in what they created. My disappointment with this movie isn't in the story that was told, but the evolution of the characters from beginning to end. We start out watching Johnny Truelove, this supposed bad boy drug dealer/gangster, of whom everyone is fearful. He dictates orders to Elvis Schmidt, who is indebted to Truelove to the point of humiliation and slavish obedience. Truelove's conflict with a hothead named Jake Mazursky is shown early in the movie, with the rest of the movie revealing how the kidnapping of Mazursky's younger brother by Truelove's crew will be resolved. At this point, other reviewers can recount the rest of the story, as I would rather describe the high and low points that followed. First, Truelove's transition from intimidating and street smart gang leader to incompetent bungler was not credible to me. While his character looked to manipulate his cohorts into deciding, and hopefully taking the fall for, what to do with a kidnapped 15 year old boy, he simply wasn't believable in turning into a shell of his former self. Lead actor Emile Hirsch lacks the depth to pull this off. Second, we are never told why, other than money, Schmidt is so deeply indebted to Truelove. One would think that the degradation suffered by Schmidt would be enough to motivate him to seek a way out from under Truelove's thumb, rather than matter-of-factly being willing to commit murder for Truelove. The wannabe gangster angle was by itself not enough to explain that.Third, why would the kidnapped younger brother Zack Mazurksy be so cooperative when he had to know he was being driven into the middle of nowhere to be killed? He had previously demonstrated his worthy martial arts skills, so was therefore capable of defending himself and escaping his captors. For this I blame the screenwriters. Why add this element to Zack's character if it were not to be used later in the film? I found it to be an unnecessary distraction.The high points include two impressive performances. The first was from Justin Timberlake, whom I had not previously seen on screen as an actor. Being talented in pop music is what put him on the map, yet I found his portrayal of Frankie Ballenbacher to be natural and believable. The strongest performance I saw, however, was from Ben Foster, who played the unbalanced Jake Mazursky. Foster did not hold back, and succeeded in making this audience member uncomfortable with the tension and vigor he brought to his performance. Overall, this movie had a lot of potential, especially with Eva Cassidy's very moving rendition of "Over The Rainbow" playing in the background of the opening credits. Coupled with home movie clips of innocent children playing (namely Zack), it was foretelling of something tragic that was destined to occur. Unfortunately, the script fell apart the longer the movie went on.

Anssi Vartiainen Initially, I wasn't impressed with this film. There was a bunch of young drug dealers, trying to be overly rad and slick, with Bruce Willis giving a very tired performance and with unlikable main characters. But, as the main story started to unfold and we truly got to know these characters, I was actually pulled into their world, their point of view, their personal ideas and personalities. It wasn't a pleasant world and not one I'd want to live in, but I got to understand it a little bit better. In addition, this movie understands that in order for us to sympathize with a character, we first have to understand that character. We have to see where he's coming from, what has happened to him before the actual conflict that has put him under duress. We may not agree with the character despite all that, but we will at least understand his perspective, his point of view. The world of young, idiotic and foolhardy drug dealers is explored in great deal in this film, with some excellent role performances from Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake and, most of all, from Anton Yelchin, who really made us feel for the character of Zack. All in all it's not a bad film. The beginning is kind of off-putting, but as the stakes start to get higher with time passing, so does the quality of the film rise. And by the time of the third act, I found myself immersed into this film.