Based on a True Story: Oh God, yes it was.Jake: YOU BETTER PRAY, JOHNNY, YOU BETTER FUCKING PRAY THAT THE COPS FIND YOU BEFORE I DO, GET ON YOUR COCK-SUCKIN' KNEES AND PRAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!
Badass Boast: Jake gives Johnny a phone conversation he won't soon forget.Given that he showed no mercy in killing Zack it's hard to feel sorry for him. Soon enough, Elvis is then cornered and arrested shortly after and is sentenced to Death Row. He tries to beg Pick for help but Pick refuses to help him since he used his mom's car to drive to the area that he would be excecuting Zach at. Asshole Victim: Somewhat applies to Elvis once he realizes how much trouble he is in.Antagonist Title: The title refers to the kidnapping's ringleader Johnny Truelove, or really what he imagines himself to be.Anachronism Stew: An Xbox was shown even though the console wasn't widely available until 2001, and the film (based on a crime that occurred in 2000) takes place in late 1999.This goes a long way to explaining why Zack doesn't want to leave. Affably Evil: With the exception of Johnny, all of the gangsters.An Aesop: The gangster lifestyle portrayed in the movie is for idiots, and is populated by people who'll burn you at the first sign of trouble.That didn't stop the real Jesse James Hollywood's attorney from trying to block the release of the film. Adaptational Name Change: All the characters have different names from the Real Life people involved in the events its based on.Zack at one point is even watching the first Austin Powers movie (1997). The '90s: Set in 1999 (even though Markowitz's murder happened on August 9, 2000).In their eagerness to get revenge on Jake, Johnny and his friends kidnap his 15-year-old brother Zack ( Anton Yelchin). Jake owes Johnny $1,200, but Jake won't pay. Where Johnny goes, the money, the friends, and the girls follow.īut when a drug deal goes awry, a friendly meeting in Johnny's house between him and Jake Mazursky ( Ben Foster) turns into a violent dispute. Johnny, alongside best bud Frankie Ballenbacher ( Justin Timberlake), suckup Elvis Schmidt ( Shawn Hatosy), and a host of other friends and business associates, spends his day-to-day life partying, getting high, and generally living the hip-hop thug life he idealizes from music, movies, and video games, much to the dismay of Johnny's father, Sonny ( Bruce Willis). It stars Emile Hirsch as Johnny Truelove, an impulsive and cocky Psychopathic Man Child marijuana dealer living in the late '90s Southern California. Alpha Dog is a 2006 crime drama based on the true story of low-level drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood and his involvement in the kidnapping/murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000.