He is the most dominant, assertive and desirable male in his group. The term alpha denotes a male animal possessing the highest ranking in a socio-sexual hierarchy. Yet I don't feel cheated out of the ticket price. An alpha male is the most dominant and desirable of all men and more successful than the others. Alpha Dog has reportedly been inspired by the murder of Nick Markowitz.

But, the film is believed to be based on a true story. The film had an elaborate star cast, but it failed to impress the audience and critics. The story itself is captivating, but the movie tries too hard to do too much and gets in its own way. This question has bugged several movie buffs who watched the movie Alpha Dog that released back in 2007.

I would have liked more of Anton Yelchin's Zach and more of the emotional battles of the key characters and far less of the get high and blast out violent rap while insulting our sex partners in front of the whole gang. The movie is way too long and tries to focus on every player in this truly tragic story. He has moments of brilliance but otherwise he's just too much. Likewise Ben Foster's Jake Mazursky is all over the place as a strung out-stressed out loser that starts the whole mess. Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone are believable most of the time, but some moments feel incongruent (Stones final scene for example was over the top and in such a bad way). What this character lacks in emotion, others, such as 'Susan' and 'Keith,' give us a bit more to watch. Gone were the moments where you can see everything he thinks and feels on his face as when he portrays Z-boy Jay Adams or as Tim Travis in 'Imaginary Heroes.' He is supposed to be the heartless bad guy in this and since he is portraying a real person perhaps the flatness of this character is due to an accurate depiction of real life Jesse James Hollywood. I always love Emile Hirsch but found this character a little one dimensional. He does a good job of showing us the moral dilemma he is twisting in. I have never been a Justin Timberlake fan, but he was one of the best things about this movie. Maybe I just had to wait too long for this one to finally come out.

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