THE BELIEVER (18)
D: Henry Bean
Pathé/Fuller (Christopher Roberts & Susan
Hoffman)
USA 🇺🇸 2001
98 mins
Drama
W: Henry Bean
DP: Jim Denault
Ed: Mayin Lo & Lee Percy
Mus: Joel Diamond
PD: Susan Block
Ryan Gosling (Danny Balint), Billy
Zane (Curtis Zampf), Summer Phoenix (Carla Moebius), Theresa Russell (Lina Moebius), Garret Dillahunt (Billings)
An intelligent, well-spoken Jewish student
moonlights as the leader of a Neo-Nazi gang.
Interesting drama about hatred and
self-loathing with an excellent early performance from Ryan Gosling.
An uncomfortable watch in places, with themes
similar to 1998's American History X, but still a very good film, despite its controversial themes.
7/10