9. Derek Attacks Thieves - American History X (1998)
Two brothers - Derek and Danny - embrace Neo Nazism when their racist fireman father Dennis is killed in a drug den by some black people as he was trying to put out a fire. Derek is increasingly prone to racist ranting and gets a swastika tattoo. He argues with his mother's new beau and while he is having sex with his girlfriend that night, he hears some Crip members breaking into his van. Derek goes nuts and kills one of the thieves with gunfire. And then in a startling moment of egregious violence, he curb stomps another one of the thieves. Following this act, you will never look at your mouth in the same way again. You will imagine what it feels like to have such a violent act perpetrated upon you. Mostly you will think of crushed teeth, shattered jaws and cold hard concrete. Enjoy your day!
My first film watched was Carrie aged 2 on my dad's knee. Educated at The University of St Andrews and Trinity College Dublin. Fan of Arthouse, Exploitation, Horror, Euro Trash, Giallo, New French Extremism. Weaned at the bosom of a Russ Meyer starlet. The bleaker, artier or sleazier the better!
