Alpha Dog
- Director: Nick Cassavetes
- Writer: Nick Cassavetes
- Producer: Matthew Barry; Robert Geringer
CGiii Comment
Rich white kids being deafeningly vile.
A true story - parents: keep your eye on your kids.
Not a pleasant film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger?
Cast & Characters
Bruce Willis as Sonny Truelove;
Matthew Barry as Interviewer;
Emile Hirsch as Johnny Truelove;
Fernando Vargas as Tiko 'TKO' Martinez;
Vincent Kartheiser as Pick Giaimo;
Justin Timberlake as Frankie Ballenbacher;
Shawn Hatosy as Elvis Schmidt;
Alex Solowitz as Bobby '911';
Alec Vigil as P.J. Truelove;
Harry Dean Stanton as Cosmo Gadabeeti;
Frank Cassavetes as Adrian Jones;
Nicole Dubos as Neighborhood Girl on Couch;
Regina Rice as Dance Bitch Girl;
Laura Nativo as Party Girl;
Ben Foster as Jake Mazursky