Social Outcasts - Violence is their law
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Social Outcasts - Violence is their law |
| Original title | Pariah |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Randolph Kret |
| script | Randolph Kret |
| production |
Shaun Hill , Vince Rotonda |
| music | Scott Grusin |
| camera | Nils Erickson |
| cut | Bill DeRonde |
| occupation | |
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Social Outcasts - violence is their law (original title: Pariah , alternative title: Skinheads vs. Hooligans ) is an American film drama from 1998 by director Randolph Kret . It deals with the topic of right-wing extremist skinheads .
action
Steve's friend Sam is raped by a horde of anti-social skinheads in front of his eyes. The African American then commits suicide. Steve can't get over the loss and seeks revenge. In the coming months, he does research and decides to infiltrate the group. He also becomes a skinhead and tries to get into the group. This is difficult at first. However, when he saves one of the girls from a gang of blacks, he manages to gain a foothold in the group. He is drawn further and further into their circle. The gang forces him to kill a transvestite . He wants to get out, but the mentally handicapped brother of Skingirl Sissy is killed in a robbery. He comforts Sissy and the two sleep together.
After a brutal attack on the skinhead gang, the other members discover his secret. But the gang works together one last time to get revenge on the blacks. This is followed by a shootout during which the leader of the skinheads is hit by a bullet. Steve escapes with Sissy. This travels by bus to Seattle. Steve himself tries to leave his old life behind. The skinhead gang is regrouping.
background
The film premiered on January 18, 1998 at the Slamdance Film Festival . The first German release on DVD via KSM was released on August 6, 2009. A second release was released on October 11, 2010 under the title Skinheads vs. Hooligans . Both versions are cut by 7 minutes. A German-language unabridged publication was released on May 31, 2010 exclusively in Austria via NSM Records.
criticism
Social Outcasts - Violence Is Their Law is not a convincing film in the opinion of many critics. He uses too many clichés and the story is unoriginal. In addition, the acting would be miserable. The style of the film was criticized in the New York Times . In AO Scott's opinion , it would not be realistic that even a young person, no matter how ideologically blinded, would voluntarily want to go near the main characters at all. However, Roger Ebert praised the film and compared it to Fight Club . In his opinion, the film is more realistic and not as smoothly ironed as the Hollywood drama with Brad Pitt .
“Drastic avenging film from the milieu of urban outsiders, in which every fringe group hates every other; full of clichés and with a barely convincing leading actor. "
Web links
- Social Outcasts - violence is their law in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions No youth approval - BBFC 18 from Social Outcasts at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Social Outcasts - violence is their law in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Social Outcasts - Violence is their law in the online film database
- ↑ Michael Atkinson: Skin Flick. Village Voice , February 15, 2000, accessed January 11, 2011 .
- ^ AO Scott : Entering The Ranks Of Racists. New York Times , February 18, 2000, accessed January 11, 2012 .
- ^ Roger Ebert : Pariah. Official website, accessed January 11, 2012 .
- ^ Social Outcasts - Violence is their law. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed January 11, 2012 .