Johnny is a Los Angeles drug dealer. He comes from a good family, owns his home, several cars and enjoys partying with his friends. Johnny is 19. When his friend Jake welshes on a debt, Johnny and his boys kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother Butch and hold him as a marker. Even though Butch has numerous chances to escape, he doesn't. He's enjoying partying with them, losing his virginity and having a good time - until something goes horribly wrong. - Yahoo! Movies

Justin Timberlake can act. There, I said it. I don't think he will win any awards or anything but once I got past all the fake tattoos (more later), he was just a character in the film. Now I'm not pointing him out because he was any better than anybody else in the movie, it's because he exceeded my expectations. Another stand out is Ben Foster. Having seen him in movies like Marvel Comics The Punisher and X3, it's refreshing to see him in a slightly larger role. He has an insane quality that just freaked me out. Onto the rest. There really isn't any single star in Alpha Dog, it seems that everybody gets at least one good scene in which to shine. Now Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone are little more than glorified cameos but watch for a true cameo by non other than Alan Thicke. Yep, Growing Pains' Alan Thicke.

Final thoughts. I really feel that I should have more to say about Alpha Dog but either A) It's not worth that many words or B) I'm losing my touch. But if I had to sum it up I would say that if Alpha Dog took itself a little more seriously you would have an excellent film. As it stands, it's worth a rental just to see Justin Timberlake grow as an actor and a really over the top (in a good way) performance from Ben Foster.

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