A well-made study of race hatred that has some powerful scenes, but loses some of its momentum towards the end. Edward Norton is just awesome as Derek, a young white bigot who, fed intolerance by his father, forsakes a promising scholastic career to come under the wing of local white supremacist boss Stacy Keach, pump iron, shave his head and promote black-white confrontation in the area. Worshipped by young brother Danny (Edward Furlong), Derek, now a seething mass of aggression tattooed with swastikas, goes down for manslaughter after killing two black youths breaking into his car. Things happen in jail that change his attitudes but he emerges to find Danny following in his footsteps. An unnecessary but seemingly inevitable tragic ending is heavily signposted as the film drifts on a tad too long. Strong stuff this, though, and stylishly served up.