Skin

This film tells the story of a young man who exits a racist organisation.

It's a remarkable true story, one that deserves to be seen by a wider audience. Acting is great, particularly Byron and his wife.

Some people have rated this a 1 star and others a 10, forget those reviews because those people don't have a clue, this movie isn't a 1 and it's definitely not a 10, it's a solid movie, it's not the best thing ever made and it's not the worst thing ever made, it's just a solid slightly above average film with some great acting spearheaded by an outstanding performance by Jamie Bell.

The story is kind of familiar and formulaic to every other similar kind of movie that deals with this subject matter, you've probably seen this story played out before, our main protagonist starts off with strong prejudices and beliefs which throughout the course of the film he starts to question, it's nothing new, but I didn't find it made his journey any less interesting to watch. It's got some great acting, it's filmed well, like I said above it's a solid film.

I did feel that some of the events in the film were a bit rushed, it felt like it could use a few more scenes to flesh out characters relationships a bit more, especially when it came to his relationship with the gang and 'Mom & Pop'.

Worth a watch.

Extremely moving, solid acting all around, definitely deserves more attention. Why I never heard of this movie and I'm certain that many other people haven't either is a shame, a movie like this should be front and center for the powerful message it's trying to deliver, a tremendously sad story but a story that needs to be told. There's only one race on the planet Earth, and that's the human race.

This is worth a watch. It's certainly not Oscar worthy nor a one star crap. I know the story and they did take a few liberties with it, but none that really change the heart of it. The acting was good as was the cinematography which aptly conveyed the bleak realities of a hate group in the middle of a rust belt winter, whether belonging to one or trying to extricate yourself from one. It's a good movie. To me the worst thing was that nerve wracking, heavy metal cello they threw in at odd times. Definitely way low marks for the soundtrack.

I found this movie on BluRay at my public library. My wife chose not to view it.

The core story is based on a real person who got caught up in the Racist Skinheads, starting as a 14-yr-old, thus the title "Skin." At some point, after he got in with a mother and her children, he decided to leave it, reform his life, and have all his facial tattoos removed, a process that took a year and a half and 24 separate painful treatments. He was instrumental in getting convictions for a number of outlaws in the movement.

Jamie Bell is really good as Bryon Widner, most of the other characters are fictional, perhaps inspired by real people in his life. The movie paints a very dark and dangerous picture of white supremacists, often difficult to watch but important to understand.