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01/07/1998 Drama 1h 59m
83
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Some legacies must end.

Overview

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

  1. Tony Kaye

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Edward Norton

    Derek

  2. Edward Furlong

    Danny

  3. Beverly D'Angelo

    Doris

  4. Jennifer Lien

    Davina

  5. Ethan Suplee

    Seth

  6. Fairuza Balk

    Stacey

  7. Avery Brooks

    Sweeney

  8. Elliott Gould

    Murray

  9. Stacy Keach

    Cameron

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2025-12-04
You could use this as a skinhead recruitment film because it failed so miserably in the message it was trying to push, and it failed miserably because they were too concerned about pushing the message that they forgot how they were framing the film.

So a bunch of skinheads win a turf war basketball game, to stop the gang violence around the basketball courts, and then one of the Black people on the losing side tries to steal the car of one of the skinheads. And then the skinhead goes to jail for killing him. Then we have a flashback where the skinhead argues that Affirmative Action policie...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$20,000,000.00

Revenue
$23,900,000.00

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