Alpha dog [videorecording] / Universal Pictures and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment present a VIP Medienfonds 2/A-Mark Entertainment production, a Nick Cassavetes film ; produced by Sidney Kimmel, Chuck Pacheco ; written and directed by Nick Cassavetes.
Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Emile Hirsch, Christopher Marquette, Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Willis. Special features: "A cautionary tale: the making of 'Alpha dog'" ; witness timeline : get detailed information on each witness as the shocking events unfold.
Summary:
Based on the real-life case of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer in California's San Gabriel Valley who, in 2000, became one of the youngest men to appear on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. With family links to organized crime, Johnny Truelove is on the warpath against Jake Mazursky, a sleazebag addict who owes him money. Fate intervenes when Johnny and his friend Frankie encounter Jake's 15-year-old half-brother Zack and hold him as collateral until Jake pays his debts. What begins as a casual, seemingly harmless situation escalates into a crisis of capital crime.
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