docudrama directed
by : Nick Cassavetes featuring
: Emile Hirsch - Justin Timberlake - Bruce Willis - Sharon Stone - Ben
Foster running
time : 1 hour 47 minutes
A drug dealer moves
on to bigger crimes in an effort to settle a score with disastrous results
in this drama inspired by actual events. Though barely out of his teens,
Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch) has already built a lucrative career for
himself selling drugs -- he has his own home, a luxury car, and posse of
friends who do double duty as his crew, including Elvis (Shawn Hatosy),
Frankie (Justin Timberlake), and Tiko (Fernando Yargas). While life at
Johnny's house is usually a constant party interrupted by occasional dope
deals, Johnny has lost all of his patience with Jake Mazursky (Ben Foster),
a regular customer who has run up a large tab that he can't pay. Determined
to clear Jake's account, Johnny and his boys plan to kidnap Jake and hold
him for ransom, but when they happen upon his 15-year-old stepbrother,
Zack (Anton Yelchin), they impulsively decide to take the youngster instead.
Jake's father, Butch (David Thornton), and his stepmother, Olivia (Sharon
Stone), are already furious with their junkie son when they learn about
Zack's disappearance, and aren't sure what they should do. Meanwhile at
Johnny's place, Frankie takes a liking to young Zack, who already admires
his brother's high-flying lifestyle, and introduces the kid to the joys
of grown-up partying, which he takes to with dangerous zeal. Also featuring
Bruce Willis as Johnny's father, Alpha Dog was based on the real-life story
of Jesse James Hollywood, who at the age of 21 became one of the youngest
people to ever appear on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list.
