Product Description

Inspired by real events, Pariah tells the story of an interracial couple attacked by Neo-Nazi Skinheads and the scarring effect the attack has on their lives. Although the physical bruises heal, Steve abandons his former life to exact revenge and follows the rabbit down the hole into an underground world where loyalty is decided by the color of your skin and pain is part of growing up.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88237 in DVD
• Brand: INDICAN PICTURES
• Released on: 2007-08-07
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, THX, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 97 minutes

Features

• Inspired by real events enter a world where the color of your skin determines whether you live or die. After being attacked by hate mongers, Samantha and Steve try to repair their lives. Although the physical bruises heal, the emotional wounds remain raw. Steve abandons his former life to exact revenge by embarking on a journey into an underground world where pain is part of growing up and violenc

Review
Godard said that one way to criticize a movie is to make another movie. "Pariah," a raw and unblinking look at the skinhead subculture, is a movie I'd like to show to those admirers of "Fight Club" who have assured me of their movie's greatness. This is the real thing, with the implicit skinhead doom-worship of "Fight Club" made visible. Its characters don't take the high road in rejecting straw targets like "consumerism," but the low road, in rejecting everything outside their small, infected circle of hate. The movie understands that it's not what you reject that defines you, but the act of rejection--the very decision to scorn and offend. "Fight Club" is "Pariah" made palatable. --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Review
Randolph Kret's raw, explosive "Pariah" plunges us into the paranoid and brutal world of skinheads. There's no doubting the ability of Kret--abetted by his go-for-broke cameraman Nils Erickson and driven by the aptly relentless music of composer Scott Grusin, incorporating songs of the punk bands Minor Threat and Social Unrest and others--in working up an audience and drawing persuasive performances from a sizable cast. Jones, Wilson, Chaffin and Ward are especially effective. Tragically, the talented Ward's first Los Angeles opening is his last. On April 2, he was stabbed to death as a result of road rage sparked by an incident that occurred on the Sunset Strip. --Kevin Thomas, LA Times

Review
American History X like Pariah, a drama about skinhead life includes a scene in which a Nazi-loving, gun-toting sociopath (played by Edward Norton) demands that a black man open his mouth and place his bare teeth on the side of a curb. It's a powerful moment. But it's almost nothing compared with the first few scenes of Pariah, a film with similar themes and even higher ambitions. The film maintains a convincing realism: It's acted out by expert talents and shot, cleverly, as though the camera were a fly on the wall. The effect is brutal and marks a stellar feature debut for writer-director Kret. His greatest accomplishment is rationalizing the actions of these racist bastards without sympathizing with them. In the end, the audience may thank him for the assault. --Michael Freidson, Time Out NY

Customer Reviews

Stay Away!!!!
An absolutely awful movie. The grade of film used must have been purchased at wal-mart. The soundtrack was rediculous. The characters barely two-dimensional. The costuming was downright offensive. AS a member of the (non-rascist) skinhead culture, I know how we dress, and on possibly one occasion have I ever seen someone wear a white t-shirt. I've never met anyone who let there boot laces dangle. The plot almost had hope. Almost. Has the protagonist not been a whiny, anti-social, tough-guy wannabe I might have almost cared about him. Ugh, I don't even want to think about this movie anymore. Just stay away that's all I can say.

Cheap but Good!
The first thing I sensed was a made for TV movie feel... The budget was low and the story was a little campy and inconceiveable. Then the movie grew on me. It was very entertaining despite the digs at the purist's pet pieves. Just watch it to be entertained. If you nit pick the details through this film, you'll only make yourself miserable. Plug it in and enjoy the carnage!

Awful
This movie is horrible and the furthest thing i've seen from reality. The acting, plot, and filming was cheap and uninteresting. Save your money.