Pointlessly controversial movie about neo-Nazis in America. The
mind-bendingly simplistic explanations for the increase in neo-Nazi
groups – economic depression, ethnic shop-owners, drugs, and (my
favourite) because dad didn't like black people – bloat this
dialogue-burdened movie. The only interruption to the monologues are
the punching, stamping, kicking, shooting pastimes of the characters
and the Baywatch-style sunset shots. Prison looks like a Calvin Klein
ad for sodomy, and the flashback structure utterly undoes the impact of
the film's final minutes. Norton is scarily convincing, but it's a
wasted effort. South Park explains these things better.
