While enjoying our two days off from school I ran into somewhat of a popular movie I had never seen known as Alpha Dog. Immediately while studying in my room it caught my attention and made it quite hard to do anything else. Nick Cassevetes definitely made a A movie for anyone to watch incorporating the true story of Jesse James Hollywood, a 19 year old drug dealer who kidnaps a 15 year old boy whose brother owes him drug money (IMDb). The boy was eventually murdered by him. What really got me interested in the movie was the fact that it does keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time by just how outrageous all the characters were. Anytime they did something you just think to yourself, how could someone be so dumb and actually do that? By the end it leaves you thinking, does any of them actually feel remorse and stupidity for what happened? Such a simple thing was taken so far out of hand its hard to believe it would happen over $1200. All-in-all, the movie follows the true story very spot on, if you research and put about 15 minutes into it. Towards the end it gives a re-enactment of an interview of the mother's reaction to the whole thing. It really puts you in her shoes and makes you really think, what if that were to happen to me? While also, leaving you sad and wondering how anything like that could happen and how real it all really was. This is for sure anyone looking for a great movie that covers real-life cases. Below is a YouTube video that gives a brief summary of it all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f1_PJWA9iM
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