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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 18, 2000
Pros: powerfull, impacting
Cons: frighteningly real
Summary: This film moved me, shocked me and definatly sent chills down my spine. It is about a group of modern age nazi skin heads. They murder and kill everyone that is colored, Jewish and others. Basically, they are like a group of Hitlers. I felt that this was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 9, 2000
Pros: Directing and acting
Cons: Story a little predictable
Summary: Ed Norton is so surprisingly chilling in this film, I have a hard time looking at him and not seeing his skinhead persona. The change in his outward appearance is amazing. Who knew he had such large pecs? Tattooed out with nazi symbols, he is the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 6, 2000
Pros: Norton is superb, and the movie, although frightening, superb.
Cons: The movie stretches credibility a lot.
Summary: Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) is a monster. Smart, articulate and utterly committed, he's a young man who has taken a leadership role in the white supremacist movement of suburban Los Angeles. Alienated young men, including Derek's younger brother Danny ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 5, 2000
Pros: Great plot, suspense, descriptive
Cons: The ending wasn't expected
Summary: This movie has to be one of the most accurate movies about racial prejudice between Nazi skinheads and blacks yet. It lets you travel to the side of racism that most of us never get to see. The story is about how racism can tear up friendships, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 25, 2000
Pros: This film has a very good social commentary from the other side of the tracks.
Cons: The violence it explicit and race oriented.
Summary: First off I would like to explain my "Pros" when I say the 'other side of the tracks' I basically mean that this director, Tony Kaye, finally made a race oriented film from the prospective of the causation persuasion. Granted the subject ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 8, 2000
Pros: Edward Norton; Interesting story; Good acting overall
Cons: Could have elaborated more on Norton's reform; Deleted scenes should have been added for a Director's Cut
Summary: When I first saw this movie in the store, I was just like "Oh great! Another movie about racism." Well, I guess in a sense, this is another movie about racism, but it's done REALLY well and has some really good acting as well.
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 7, 2000
Pros: Edward Norton; powerful sequences
Cons: Too many cooks spoiled some of the broth
Summary: The making of American History X is a tale of Hollywood politics that does not, unlike the film itself, end with a moral. David McKenna, a struggling screenwriter, banged out the script while nursing an injury that left him mostly helpless for a few ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 11, 2000
Pros: There are so many!
Cons: Racists
Summary: This is a very powerful movie. It stars Edward Norton (Rounders) and Edward Furlong (The Terminator 2). The film depicts Norton as a skin head in California who is sent to jail for killing a black man who was trying to rob his home. This first scene ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2000
Pros: the main message
Cons: the gore
Summary: I feel that this movie is a reflection of the worst part of our society. Most of society has gone past the stage of racism and learn what Derek learned in the movie however some parts of the world still have those strict views. I think that Derek and his ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2000
Pros: message
Cons: gore
Summary: I thought that this movie was really well made, the acting was amazing, but i felt that many of the scenes were overly graphic. It really shows how one's actions affect others and that we should make responsible decisions knowing that whatever we do not ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2000
Pros: powerfully honest
Cons: violence too real
Summary: I am in 9th grade at Brentwood School. We just watched American History X in human development. I think that it is a great and powerful movie. I think that because this movie was filmed in Venice, people started to realize that racism really exists here ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 3, 2000
Pros: Opens Your Eyes
Cons: Violent And Graphic
Summary: I had to take a huge deep breath after watching this movie. It goes touches on a subject that really isn't brought up too much in movies. It does have a good message that I'm sure anyone who watches the movie can learn from.
Derek Vinyard goes to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 16, 2000
Pros: There are educational aspects
Cons: Violence and Profanity
Summary: This movie was recommended to me by a friend.
I loved the movie for the simple fact that it brought to light a lot of the harsh realities of real life prejudices. This movie gives you a peek into the life of several members of a white supremacy ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 9, 2000
Pros: well acted, very well plotted
Cons: vulgar, not for young audiences
Summary: American History X is a very vulgar and violent film, but it is also a very well acted, well thought out, well meaning, movie. I would not have wanted the movie any other way. Without the violence and racial slurs used in this skinhead drama you would ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 27, 2000
Pros: Edward Norton should have won the Oscar
Cons: Very disturbing images and language
Summary: American History X is unbleaveable great. If you can handle some really disterbing images and some harsh language then this is a film you really need to see. Edward Norton gives his Academy Award nominating performance, which in my opinion should have ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2000
Pros: Raw and honest. Emotionally charged. Terrific performance by Norton.
Cons: None.
Summary: AMERICAN HISTORY X: Drama. Edward Norton cuts an imposing physical presence as Derek Vinyard, a reformed neo-Nazi, in the emotionally charged film, "American History X". In the powerful and violent opening scene, Derek's younger brother, Danny ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 15, 2000
Pros: insightful, creative, stylish
Cons: none
Summary: Director:Tony KayeWriter
David McKenna
Producer:John Morrissey
Actors:Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard
Edward Furlong as Danny Vinyard
Avery Brooks as Bob Sweeney
Beverly D'Angelo as Doris ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 6, 2000
Pros: Edward Norton's towering performance.
Cons: Formulaic plotting.
Summary: "A Tony Kaye film." "Directed by Tony Kaye." Whether he likes it or not, after a still-developing war of words (and very expensive trade ads) with the higher-ups at New Line Cinema and the Directors Guild, the embattled first-time ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 23, 1999
Pros: good movie
Cons: none
Summary: american history X.....I liked this movie alot. The reason I seen it is because my brother told me it was good movie so i decided to check it out and see if he's lieing or not. I thought for some reason it was like a war movie or something like that so I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 21, 1999
Pros: well written, well filmed, actors are exceptional
Cons: not well advertised
Summary: I am not normally moved by movies. American History X, is definately one movie that i can say made me think.
It has all that is needed for a well told tale, a hero, a villain, and the war of man against himself.
The point of this movie shows ... read more
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