The story isn't groundbreaking or original, but it's well-written and interesting through-out. the acting is absolutley brilliant, everyone involved gives a first-rate performance. The biggest surprise is that the two best performances of the film...
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The story isn't groundbreaking or original, but it's well-written and interesting through-out. the acting is absolutley brilliant, everyone involved gives a first-rate performance. The biggest surprise is that the two best performances of the film co...(read more)me from Shia LeBeouf and Channing Tatum. Tatum is frightening as the incredibly racist and violent Antonio, and Shia LeBeouf gives what is without a doubt his best screen performance to date as Dito, the main character. I've always appreciated LeBeouf as an actor, but hated the films he was in. Holes, Battle of Shaker Heights, Disturbia? Come on, he's better than that! I give the film a 'B+'. I recommend it if you don't mind kind of a sad but painfully realistic story and the f-word being spewed every three seconds. Literally, I don't think I've ever seen a movie with the f-word used as pervasively as it was in this.