Alpha Dog is based on events that took place in 2000 and characters are given fictional names. The film is set in November 1999. It tells the story of Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch), a young drug dealer in Claremont, California and his circle of friends, which includes Frankie Ballenbacher (Justin Timberlake), Tiko "TKO" Martinez (Fernando Vargas) and Elvis Schmidt (Shawn Hatosy). The film demonstrates internal gang dynamics and social context that contribute to the events leading to kidnapping and murder. The film starts with an interviewer talking to Sonny about his son, Johnny. Sonny tells the story.
Johnny's father, Sonny Truelove (Bruce Willis), supplies his son with marijuana, from which Johnny makes a fortune dealing and selling. Johnny owns his own house where he holds meetings and parties. Another associate of the gang is Jake Mazursky (Ben Foster), who owes Johnny a $1,200 drug debt. After a failed attempt at asking for the money from his parents, Olivia (Sharon Stone) and Butch (David Thornton) Mazursky, he goes over to Johnny's house where Johnny is having a party. A heated argument between the two results in a violent fight that Frankie and the gang break up. Jake tells Johnny that he'll never pay him the money. In retaliation, Johnny gets Jake fired from his job by ratting on him to his boss that Jake is on drugs. Later that night, Jake and his gang break into Johnny's house, stealing his flat-screen t.v., breaking his backyard window and defecating on the carpet, with Johnny there. Even though armed, he hides from Jake. The next day, Johnny, Frankie and Tiko decide to go to Jake personally and collect the money with the threat of violence but Jake is not in. On their way back, they stumble upon his brother Zack Mazursky (Anton Yelchin) and decide to kidnap him in broad daylight, throwing him into the van. Frankie is worried about the situation, while Johnny is thinking about what to do with him.
Zack makes little effort to escape. Frankie offers him beer and cigarettes, which he accepts. During a street fiesta, Frankie offers him a chance to escape, which Zack declines, not wanting to cause any trouble for his brother.. The two strike up an unlikely friendship. Zack stays at Frankie's house for the night and even helps him with his chores. Meanwhile, Olivia and Butch learn Jake owes money to "someone", and a furious Olivia forces Jake to go look for Zack. Jake enters a party looking for Johnny, resulting in an intense fight between Jake and the party-goers. The next morning, Zack meets some of Frankie's friends, including Keith Stratten (Chris Marquette), a young druggie, as well as striking up a relationship with Julie (Amanda Seyfried), the youngest member of the group. They all learn of Zack's kidnapping, yet do nothing as Zack seems cool with everything. Julie even refers to him as 'Stolen Boy', and thinks it's hot. Johnny grows concerned and comes over and discusses with Frankie what to do about Zack. Frankie grows nervous when Johnny hypothetically offers Frankie $2500 to murder Zack and dispose of his body. Frankie furiously declines and Johnny claims it was a joke. Frankie suggests that they can "grease the kid", or offer Zack money for him to keep his mouth shut, and then sort the whole situation privately with Jake. Johnny, reclutantly agrees and the night turns into a party at Frankie's house. When Zack and Julie are about to kiss, Johnny interrupts and polietly asks Julie to leave the room, so he can talk to Zack in private. She reclutantly leaves. Johnny apologizes to Zack about the kidnapping. He offers Zack food. Asks him if everyone is treating him okay. Taking Frankie's advice of "greasing the kid." Johnny promises that the next day, this will all be over. But to Johnny, it's by two ways. 1. He brings Zack home. 2. Kill Zack.
The next day at Zack's home, Olivia and Butch do everything they can to find Zack. Missing Person posters are put up. Johnny becomes increasingly paranoid about the situation and he calls Jake with the intent of explaining the situation, but learns that Jake already suspects it was him who kidnapped Zack and screams that he'll kill Johnny. Johnny hangs up and calls his lawyer and explains the situation as a hypothetical scenario involving a 'friend'. His lawyer tells him that Johnny is looking at 25 years to life in prison for his actions if Zack rats them out. High with anxiety, Johnny seems to have made up his mind. That night, while Frankie, Zack, and the gang are at a party at a hotel, Johnny approaches Elvis, who is in deep debt with Johnny, and offers to cancel the debt if he agrees to have Zack murdered. Elvis is skeptical at first, but agrees and they borrow their friend Pick's car. Johnny gives him a TEC-9 semi-automatic- pistol and leaves with his girlfriend, Angela. Back at the party, Zack loses his virginity when he has sex with Julie and her girlfriend, Alma (Amber Heard). Elvis arrives at the hotel and explains to Frankie that he is taking Zack home, at which point the party ends and everyone leaves except for Frankie, Zack, Elvis, and Keith. Frankie is relieved to have Zack go home until Elvis reveals Johnny's plan to kill Zack. Frankie is enraged at Elvis, and angrily tells him he won't let him do it. Elvis instead takes Keith and they go to a remote location in the hills to dig a grave. When they get back to the hotel, Elvis tells a disturbed Frankie that they are all looking at life in prison if Zack goes home. Frankie sadly agrees and he, Elvis, and Keith trick Zack into thinking he's going home.
Back at Johnny's girlfriend's house, his dad, Sonny, finds out about Zack, and his godfather, Cosmo, and their attorney confront him about the kidnapping. Sonny is furious with his son, and when he learns of Johnny's plan to kill Zack, he commands that he call it off, which Johnny refuses, believing that Elvis and Frankie aren't really going to kill Zack. Meanwhile, Frankie, Elvis, Zack and Keith arrive in the hills and begin walking to the grave. Zack is not aware of what's going on and is tricked into believing someone's picking him up. He grows a little suspicious when a deeply saddened Keith silently tells Frankie he can't go through with it, and, after giving Zack a goodbye hug, goes to wait in the van. Realizing something is wrong, a panicky Zack asks Frankie what they're really doing, but Frankie reassures him and the three continue walking up the hill. Zack sees the grave and begins to break down, sobbing and begging Frankie and Elvis to let him go. Frankie tells Elvis that they shouldn't do it, but Elvis is keen on the job he's been given. Realizing now that there's no going back, Frankie calms Zack down and tells him that he would never hurt him, and ties a weeping Zack up with tape. He is astonished when Elvis violently knocks Zack into the grave with the shovel and then fires at Zack with the pistol, killing him. Frankie and Elvis then silently leave.
Despite all the cover up, Zack's body is found three days later. The epilogue shows the aftermath of the crime. Olivia, now suffering from obesity and depression, is interviewed. She talks candidly about her failed suicide attempts and the loss that she has experienced from her son's murder. Susan, one of the girls that was with Zack for 2 days, reads the paper saying Zack was found dead. She confronts Frankie about it and he claims he had nothing to do with it. She is not convinced with him and goes to the authorities. Elvis goes to his friend Pick's house to ask him for a ride out of town. Pick is furious that Elvis and Johnny used his car for the murder, and refuses to help him. Soon the police arrive and Elvis makes a run for it, though he is quickly tackled and arrested. Johnny hears what happened, and he and his girlfriend leave L.A. for New Mexico. After getting a new car, they stop at a motel to plan what to do next. While Johnny is out getting cigarettes, the police find Angela and arrest her. Johnny escapes and hitchhikes a ride to Colorado to meet his old school friend, Buzz. Buzz offers to ride Johnny out of the country, and Johnny agrees. Though they reach the border, Johnny keeps changing his mind, and Buzz grows annoyed. Johnny decides to go back to L.A., and meets Cosmo, who is surprised to see him. He takes Johnny into his house, and Buzz decides to leave him.
Soon after, the gang members are found and arrested. Tiko is arrested at his house, with FBI agents raiding his house. Keith turns himself in out of guilt. Frankie is arrested after he finds his dad co-operating with the police. After being convicted, they all serve their respective sentences: Tiko serving nine years for the kidnapping; Keith serving at a juvenile facility until the age of 25 for digging Zack's grave and second-degree murder; Frankie serving a 7 years to life for special circumstances of aggravated kidnapping. Elvis is put on death row for kidnapping Keith and murdering Zack. Johnny, however, is nowhere to be found.
Back in the present, an interviewer is asking Sonny how Johnny was able to escape authorities for 4 years. He thinks Sonny helped Johnny and knows exactly where Johnny is. Sonny assures that he doesn't know where Johnny is. Cosmo said the day Johnny came back to L.A. Cosmo went to the kitchen to grab a sandwich, he turns around and he was gone. They think Johnny is lost and confused. Eventually, after over 5 years of being on the America's Most Wanted list, Johnny is finally found and arrested in Paraguay, by Interpol, in 2005. He is currently in California awaiting trial, and, if proven guilty, faces the death penalty. Interestingly, in July 8, 2009, Johnny was convicted of special circumstances of aggravated kidnapping and 1st degree murder. He received life in prison without parole.
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