Quite good.


I disagree with the opinions of the film. I saw the film twice -- once at Slamdance Film festival in a sold out showing and once in San Francisco.

I heard the director and cast speak and have seen other films on skinheads and specials on cable. I think the film captures the violent world of neo-nazi skinhead street gangs quite well.

For example -- in Portland, OR where I grew up -- three Ethiopians were attacked by six skinheads in an apartment complex garage and a thickly built skin known as "Ken Death" cocked a baseball bat over his shoulder and as he was cheered on -- swung it full force into the back of each man's head, again...and again...like a wood chopper gone berserk. Next came the 'boot party' where each skinhead stomped each person to oblivion... What I'm quoting is a true story from Portland, a city dubbed the "skinhead capital of the world" and from which the stories in the film are based.

The film is supposed to be violent, angry, ugly and challenging. And I liked the melting of themes -- from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly to Menace II Society, Scorcese and John Woo's the Killer...

I like the film because like Romper Stomper it's not trying to be glossy -- which is one of my criticisms of American History X which in my opinion contains one the silliest scnes of all time -- Crip gangbangers playing basketball in Venice Beach against Skinheads -- that's unrealistic.

That being said -- the film is violent and not everyone's cup of tea. But for fans of Grindhouse, 300, Crank, The Wild Bunch and other violent films -- I think you will respect the film.

Just a different opinion.

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Yep, I agree with user-16648. This is the only movie that I've seen about far-right skinheads that doesn't try to be moralistic, not a little bit. I think that's the best cinematic approach: let people watch the events and decide for themselves who's right and who's wrong. Mind you, I don't share neo-Nazi ideology, I just think such a movie is way better off without preaching like in American History X and other crap.

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I think this is a rather good movie as well.

Sure, the acting can be pretty horrible, and cheesy (That fat girl and Steve are some of the worst). I find this is somewhat like the skinhead version of Suburbia... *beep* actors, but it somehow has an attraction that just makes it so horrible that it's good.

Just the way it seems so 80's and cheap and blunt makes it great. I would love to see a movie about traditional skinhead hooligans though!

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Agreed, not great but a hell of a lot better then you would expect after reading most reviews on here. You can follow the story fine, a few interesting characters and whilst the actings poor it has a raw quality that helps the subject matter.

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