There was a time that I considered Dennis Hopper a fantastic actor, but then I realized that he almost always plays the same character. This is a heavy, intense, crazy character profile where Hopper is merely imitating some of Jack Nicholson's famou... (read more) There was a time that I considered Dennis Hopper a fantastic actor, but then I realized that he almost always plays the same character. This is a heavy, intense, crazy character profile where Hopper is merely imitating some of Jack Nicholson's famous crazies.

Harrowing drama about the mind and soul of an unrepentant racist. Dennis Hopper gives one of his finest performances. Director Stephen Gyllenhaal displays an excellent command of the medium. Pete Dexter adapted his own novel.