Derek Vinyard, a skinhead leader of a white-power organization utterly transformed by a spell in prison, was frightening and heartbreaking, angry and serene. I don't think I've ever seen a character in a film with a more believably wide range. In the hands of a less capable actor, Derek would have been a laughable parody, and American History X a heavy-handed disaster. But Derek never descended to stereotype, and X is a penetrating look at …
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