loading loading...

Alpha Dog Details

2006 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 60
  • from 21,749 members

A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list. Read more

Starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Barry, Emile Hirsch, Fernando Vargas
Director Nick Cassavetes
Genres Drama

Buy From: £3.93

loading loading...

Alpha Dog

A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.

Starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Barry, Emile Hirsch, Fernando Vargas, Vincent Kartheiser, Justin Timberlake, Shawn Hatosy, Heather Wahlquist, Chris Marquette
Director Nick Cassavetes
Studio ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 57 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 52 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 20 Aug 2007
Blu-ray: 20 Aug 2007
Production year: 2006
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews of Alpha Dog

    View all
  • Currently awaiting trial for ordering the murder of a 15-year-old whose half-brother had run up dope debts, the... read more on Time Out

    • Trevor Johnston, 
    • Time Out
  • Most helpful member's review of Alpha Dog

    View all
  • 44 out of 48 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Not bad at all.

    This was surprisingly good. It does lack somewhat in depth but I suppose target audience does apply. Willis does a good job acting against type and shock horror ole timberhead is pretty good, though there might be a arguement he was playing himself in most scenes!

      • Not so Silent Bob from Edinburgh
  • Most recent members' review of Alpha Dog

    View all
  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Bit of a let down

    Was interested to Mr JT's acting skills. He wasn't too bad actually but thought the storyline wasn't brilliant and the need to swear every other word just put me off. The whole drugs, girls, money etc is played out and predictable.

      • CB from London
  • News and features

    View all
    Alpha Dog

    Alpha Dog

    • 16 Apr 2007

    A murderous desperado called Jesse James Hollywood? To say that life imitates art doesn't begin to do it justice. Premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006, Nick Cassavetes' true crime drama Alpha Dog was immediately overtaken by events in March, when Hollywood was finally apprehended after months on the lam, and his defense attorney moved to block the release - a motion dismissed by the court in December. In the interim, Cassavetes (The Notebook) has taken the opportunity to... Read more

  • Image gallery

    View all
  • More like this

    View all

Find cinemas


Rating breakdown

21,749 Member ratings
  • 100
1,154
  • 90
692
  • 80
3,824
  • 70
3,647
  • 60
5,556
  • 50
2,205
  • 40
2,166
  • 30
646
  • 20
1,311
  • 10
548

Related user collection

ecletic mix (33)

Average rating: 4.23   84.6% from 13 members

by: jason whyte from Renfrew

Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop


    • Alpha Dog - BLU-RAY Version
    • Blu-Ray: £8.93
      Free Delivery
    • RRP £24.49 (you save: 64%)
    • A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list....

    • Alpha Dog
    • DVD: £3.93
      Free Delivery
    • RRP £19.79 (you save: 80%)
    • A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list....