Alpha Dog (2006)

Cast

Amber Heard
as Alma
Olivia Wilde
as Angela Holden
Amanda Seyfried
as Julie Beckley
Bruce Willis
as Sonny Truelove

Get more information about Alpha Dog (2006) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Action Biography Crime Drama Thriller

6.9 / 10

1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger?

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Elliot Gale

the dood takes a poop in the living room - @Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:28 AM

T L

@graham pressley - How close to your real self is the Keith Stratten character? This movie did a very good job of presenting the case to the public, and the case itself has been interesting to me for years because of its equally savage and tragic feel. I'm the same age as many of the people involved in the case and recall all too well the carefree and easy life that a 19-20 year old would have back in the year 2000, especially if the weed & the drinks were plentiful. It was the kind of young & dumb fun that would make a person blissfully oblivious to anything bad. - @Saturday, January 11, 2014 12:09 AM

Brandi Crans

I don't care what people say. This is a really great movie! Very tense and emotional... - @Friday, November 22, 2013 8:44 PM

graham pressley

Put it this way: the characters mostly resemble caricatures of all of us, distorted through the lens of an older generation struggling to understand. Best I can do by way of an answer. - @Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:29 PM

gambocyalı adam

No pain no gain - @Monday, October 7, 2013 10:03 PM

pappz238

Ez egy kurva kemény film - @Saturday, October 5, 2013 6:35 PM

MMA THROWDOWN

did the movie come close to resembling even one of the characters portrayed? - @Saturday, October 5, 2013 3:18 AM

graham pressley

And its mostly bull. The blog undergroundsantabarbara drops some facts now and again if you're interested - @Friday, October 4, 2013 6:14 PM

graham pressley

Try this scenario on for size and tell me if it doesn't qualify moronic: The police received no less than four eyewitness 911 calls from concerned citizens during and immediately after Nick's kidnap. One even gave the 911 operator the license plate number of the van used to abduct Nick. The Police blew it, blew off the call, probably as just another street fight, and paid for it...to the tune of a 3 million settlement to the Markowitz Family. Your tax dollars. And Nick wouldn't be dead. - @Friday, October 4, 2013 6:11 PM

graham pressley

I've watched the whole thing. - @Friday, October 4, 2013 5:57 PM

matt allison

Why the hell did Truelove (Hollywood) think that the older brother (a known psycho) would pay him for kidnapping his brother in the first place...were they really that mindless and impulsive about it...these guys were fucking morons... - @Tuesday, October 1, 2013 6:17 AM

MMA THROWDOWN

have you actually watched the whole movie yet or just bits and pieces? - @Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:52 PM

graham pressley

Well...seven years in jail does make you never want to go back. The movie...40% true. Maybe. Nick Cassavetes did his best with the info that was given...all supplied by the district Attorney's Office. Jesse Rugge's "confessions" were suppressed by the Judge in our cases because he ruled that the Detectives, during interrogation, had threatened him with the Death Penalty. So that left just Hoyt and me. Hoyt didn't say much...so the story was heavily based upon what I told the Police... - @Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:37 PM

graham pressley

yeah...way. - @Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:29 PM

MMA THROWDOWN

lol no fucking way...... then again you would of got out a while ago - @Wednesday, September 25, 2013 5:51 AM

Jovan Despeines

@graham pressley I liked the movie because it shows how twisted human beings can be I don't mean to be nosy but I do wonder how the real case played out if you could tell me and I hope you have improved in your life - @Thursday, September 19, 2013 9:18 PM

graham pressley

Instead of arguing why don't you guys reply to a question of mine: why did you two (mycrazeee and LobsterRoc) like the movie? Having lived it, I'd enjoy the thoughts of people who have actually seen the film. Thanks. - @Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:05 PM

LobsterRoc

Who the hell said i didn't have respect? - @Wednesday, September 18, 2013 5:50 PM

LobsterRoc

I knew that, dip shit. - @Monday, September 16, 2013 3:24 PM

graham pressley

Just catching up on the theatrical portrayal of my life. I got out of jail in 2007 but could never really bring myself to troll the internet looking at all of this stuff until now. Bizarre to say the least. My character was Keith Stratten...I guess I have the right to speak to the fidelity of that character---not really very close at all. But I guess that's the nature of caricature...isn't it? - @Thursday, September 12, 2013 3:49 PM

FatBox

Very underrated movie, the acting was pretty good, was surprised by JT's performance, and the story was one of the best true stories I've ever seen put to film. - @Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:34 PM

Dock Holiday

144p we meet again.. - @Friday, August 16, 2013 9:16 PM

Jovan Despeines

A really good movie but I hate how it is a true story - @Tuesday, July 9, 2013 11:03 PM

Jovan Despeines

A real - @Tuesday, July 9, 2013 11:03 PM

Standup42003

aaron hernandez - @Wednesday, June 26, 2013 8:17 PM

Luka Kiria

I didn't think they would actually kill him until the very last second. :( - @Saturday, June 15, 2013 5:09 AM

asya2011

I also heard in real life they offered the kid A LOT of different chances to just run away but he wanted to stay with them because he felt like he belonged /: the story breaks my heart every time cuz he really thought they were all his friends - @Friday, May 31, 2013 11:42 PM

DZSignal

the bling ring comes out soon looks alot like it except with girls - @Thursday, May 30, 2013 8:56 PM

AWEDDDD

2:06 Heres Johnny - @Friday, May 24, 2013 10:23 PM

dreamergirlbaby

I saw this movie. It was one of the best movies I ever watched. I was like damnnnnnnnn! at the end. :( - @Friday, May 17, 2013 8:29 PM

confucius12012

Bully(2001) - @Wednesday, May 8, 2013 1:54 AM

Testosteronization

looks like - @Tuesday, April 23, 2013 12:40 AM

Matthew Kahn

me too. it's an amazing movie, but I always get so sad thinking about it because I always remember the end - @Friday, April 12, 2013 6:03 PM

kicksoffs

Why does everybody in this movie have tatoos - @Sunday, April 7, 2013 1:58 PM

TalkinShit111

such an awesome film - @Thursday, April 4, 2013 9:57 PM

Danny Lessley

Jesse. Let's go again. - @Tuesday, April 2, 2013 3:49 PM

Mickey

I had this movie and never saw it until earlier today... Good movie , great story. it's interesting - @Tuesday, April 2, 2013 7:02 AM

Dwayne Jackson

Just watched this on netflix, the end is quite tragic though, that poor kid should of got on that bus when timberlake gave him the chance, ps the kid that dies brother is a fucking nutter lol. - @Friday, March 29, 2013 7:11 PM

Yanik Leduc

Lets go on the bright side.. he didnt die a virgin and he had a threesome !! - @Monday, March 25, 2013 3:42 PM

KungPaoKFC

Because you don't get how deep they are in the movie. Do you think they will give the brother back just because his older brother have the money? They don't care about the money anymore. It's about pride and the older brother knows that. - @Saturday, March 16, 2013 2:56 AM

Jordan Nelson

lol.... Curse? Who doesn't curse? The point is they are teenagers. Teenagers in LA tend to drink, do drugs and act idiotic. - @Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:29 PM

timonES87

its in my top ten fav movies ever - @Monday, March 11, 2013 7:39 AM

The Zaza

epic epic epic aaaye - @Saturday, March 2, 2013 12:41 AM

thayer z

The song at 0:13 is Hustlin by Rick Ross - @Monday, February 4, 2013 12:16 AM

Diego Francisco

someone knows that music? 0:13 - @Friday, February 1, 2013 3:08 PM

Diego Francisco

Someone knows tha music? 0:13 - @Friday, February 1, 2013 3:06 PM

ErinLuxe

hahhahahahahahhhah.. this comment is funny on so many levels. - @Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:08 PM

Diego Francisco

Please, I'm Brazilian...someone knows the music? In 0:13 Thanxxx - @Thursday, January 31, 2013 8:54 PM

Timothy Tia

It says "their own version". Everyone has their own dream - @Friday, January 11, 2013 3:41 AM

DasVERMiT

PhillyD yall. - @Friday, January 11, 2013 12:52 AM