1998 · drama · crime
American History X
Directed by Tony Kaye1h 59m1998
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
Our read: American History X (1998) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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