Rated: R
Directed By: Tony Kaye
American History X is a great movie with many differnt ethics. It starts with a young boy named Danny Vinyard(played by Edward Furlong) and his older brother Derek(played by Edward Norton). Derek is a leader of a white supremacists group and goes to jail for killing a black man. During the course of the movie it show Dereks experiances in jail when he becomes friends with a black man, and how Danny is slowly following in his footsteps. I'm not the type to ruin an ending of a movie so if you want to find out what happens your going to have to watch it. But girls, you might want to grab a tissue box.
Review: 5 out of 5
This movie deserves a 5 because it is a very interesting and sad story, and has very big names acting wise. Has language and violence, but what movie doesnt these days.
This shows how racism is still around even since many of the past influences that have died out(such as the kkk, and the nazies). Racism is an intollerance towards other ethnic groups. The only reason someone is rasist to me is because they are scared of new things, new faces, and there is no reason to kll another human being for the color of thier skin.
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I viewed this movie for the first time this past summer and I would have to say that it certainly was very interesting and made me sit back and think about all of the information that it provided. I would have to say that it was pretty graphic, but I think that it was necessary in order for the director to accomplish his or her purpose of showing how tremendously oppressive our culture can be! This movie was extremely suspenseful and had me pulling the covers over my face more than once. The scene where they go into the grocery store and sabotage it because it employs workers of varying races was just one of the many scenes that caused me to become upset, frightened, and infuriated all at once. I was so upset with the discrimination and intolerance Derek promoted and encouraged others to support. Derek recognizes the detrimental nature and inherent evil that his beliefs and actions portray during his stay in prison, but his change of heart can in no way reconstruct the damage his behavior has caused. This movie definitely exposes some very important issues about discrimination, racism, and intolerance.
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