Alpha Dog
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Starring Justin Timberlake and Emile Hirsch with Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone (the parents of the perpetrator and victim)
2006
This movie is a manifestation of good art, imitating some very sad life, imitating, originally, some very questionable art.
The plot involves a true story of some post high school drug dealers in the greater Pasadena area of Los Angeles County who are fans of violent hip hop videos. What starts out as a game between debtor and debtee becomes paranoid and tragic as the perpetrator realizes that he's commited kidnapping, even though the 'victim' is definitely enjoying the party. The movie is constructed from, and directly references, witness statements, which gives it an added air of authenticity.
