Alpha Dog

Based on a true story, this gangster film seems surreal from the childhood home movies at the beginning and never really gets off the ground.  

Justin Timberlake is the predictable villian with a heart.  Spending most of the time with his shirt off and a worried expression on his face, he alone makes the film drag to its inevitable conclusion.

Plot- a hapless teen is kidnapped for revenge.  But becomes a buddy to party with at a variety of locations.  Whenever they move somewhere new, there are witnesses to the ‘crime’.  Witnesses total about 40ish by the conclusion. 

Sharon Stone wears a laughable fat suit at the end and Bruce Willis could have chosen a better vehicle.

Its light white gangsta that doesn’t require much thinking.

-Jake Mazursky

2/5