Skin
Directed by:
Guy NattivScreenplay:
Guy NattivCinematography:
Arnaud PotierComposer:
Dan RomerCast:
Jamie Bell, Danielle Macdonald, Bill Camp, Louisa Krause, Mike Colter, Sean Cullen, Vera Farmiga, Mary Stuart Masterson, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Kylie Rogers (more)VOD (1)
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Bryon Widner (Jamie Bell) was one of the FBI's most sought after white supremacists. Covered in racist tattoos from head to toe that he earned performing hate crimes, he conducts a destructive life and is headed down the path of no return. When he meets Julie (Danielle Macdonald) and her three young daughters from previous relationships, the responsibilities of fatherhood give him the desire to leave the movement behind. He endures death threats and harassment from his old gang while attempting to turn his life around. With the help of the FBI and SPLC, he undergoes 25 brutal tattoo removal surgeries in exchange for decoding the tattoos covering his body, which culminates in the arrest and conviction of his former gang. (Madman Entertainment)
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The motivation for the transformation from a committed skinhead into a good guy who starts to understand the evil that he has perpetrated is not sufficiently shown in the film. And the need to protect a single mother, with whom he becomes involved, arises too quickly. The screenplay could have used some stronger events leading up to this. Or it could have emphasized his doubts right from the beginning instead of having him do hateful fascist evil immediately in the opening scene. You spend the first half-hour wondering why you’re watching a film with such characters in it. Otherwise, however, the actors are good, the gang of Nazis and their behavior give rise to real goosebumps, and the film benefits from the fact that it’s based on actual events.
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