In ways I really liked this movie. It accurately portrays the club kid scene in that the kids are eccentric and sometimes odd. On the flip side it shows the dark underbelly of the club scene involving drug addiction, back stabbing, and crime. As this movie was based on a true story it's not surprising that someone gets killed, then dismembered. Yet The fact that Culkin is the one to pull off such a diverse roll is probably the most shocking part of the whole thing. But I commend him for his portrayal of this eccentric NYC club kid. And Seth Green is great with this role it is such an off the wall character for him to play yet James was my favorite.
This movie starts out somewhat innocently enough with James and Alig sitting in bed doing special K, and James says, "nice shoes." "Thanks their Angels."-Alig "Hey, where is Angel?"-James "I killed him." James passes out and Michael Alig (Culkin) begins his story about how he, a gay kid from the Midwest, moved to New York. With hopes of being someone and something big. He meets James St. James (Green) where he invites him to party he is hosting at the Limelight. He also then meets Keoki and declares, "you can be my boyfriend." Alig hosts his first big New York party with the main entertainment is Christina (Marilyn Manson), needless to say the party is a complete bust. He then pleads with the club owner to let him host a few more parties. He's given the chance and strangely enough his parties take off. Alig rockets to club scene stardom. At what is quite close to the peak of this trip Alig meets Angel, a drug dealer. He makes Angel part of his crew and thus begins the downward spiral. They are then brought onto a TV talk show which ignites even more acknowledgment. Alig and his troupe of misfits then go on a tour to recruit more kids. Where he meets his new girlfriend. They go back to New York and the Limelight owner and his wife give Alig an ultimatum that he must go into rehab if he wants to continue to promote parties. Instead he gives his boss a "vacation" which ends up a horrible drug trip and he has his first drug overdose of the movie. After he emerges from the hospital and returns home James is finally fed up with Alig's ways and moves out. This leaves Aligs little troupe of "drug addicts" to wallow in their trouble. Eventually Angel shows up wanting his money, in which case Alig freaks out and he instructs another kid to stop him. Which results in beat him to near death with a hammer. Then we cut to James who is doing special K, during his "trip" a rat comes and sits on the couch with him. The rat tells him what actually happened to Angel, not only did they beat him to near death with a hammer but then after he's laying there helpless they injected him with Drano to make sure it was done. Then Alig went into Angels closet and stole all his drugs and money. He then instructs the other kid to go to Macy's and buy a TV and some kitchen knives. When he returns they dismember Angel and stuff his parts into the TV box. They then leave this box in the living room for another week before the smell gets so bad they are getting sick. Then the box is dumped in the river. After hearing all this from the rat James writes his novel. Cut to Alig and his girlfriend in their hotel room. They have fun in the tub and go to bed. They are woke up by the police busting into their room. Alig is given a shortened sentence if he will "rat" out his boss at the Limelight for drugs, (which his boss was never actually a part of). Cut to James sleeping face down on his desk, there's a knock at the door, it's Alig he walks in and they talk a little. Alig thumbs through James' completed novel to reveal that the pen ran out of ink after the title page. At this point we then cut to James doing a TV interview about his book. When his cell phone rings, it's Alig and he reveals that it was him that got Alig arrested for the murder.
This movie starts out somewhat innocently enough with James and Alig sitting in bed doing special K, and James says, "nice shoes." "Thanks their Angels."-Alig "Hey, where is Angel?"-James "I killed him." James passes out and Michael Alig (Culkin) begins his story about how he, a gay kid from the Midwest, moved to New York. With hopes of being someone and something big. He meets James St. James (Green) where he invites him to party he is hosting at the Limelight. He also then meets Keoki and declares, "you can be my boyfriend." Alig hosts his first big New York party with the main entertainment is Christina (Marilyn Manson), needless to say the party is a complete bust. He then pleads with the club owner to let him host a few more parties. He's given the chance and strangely enough his parties take off. Alig rockets to club scene stardom. At what is quite close to the peak of this trip Alig meets Angel, a drug dealer. He makes Angel part of his crew and thus begins the downward spiral. They are then brought onto a TV talk show which ignites even more acknowledgment. Alig and his troupe of misfits then go on a tour to recruit more kids. Where he meets his new girlfriend. They go back to New York and the Limelight owner and his wife give Alig an ultimatum that he must go into rehab if he wants to continue to promote parties. Instead he gives his boss a "vacation" which ends up a horrible drug trip and he has his first drug overdose of the movie. After he emerges from the hospital and returns home James is finally fed up with Alig's ways and moves out. This leaves Aligs little troupe of "drug addicts" to wallow in their trouble. Eventually Angel shows up wanting his money, in which case Alig freaks out and he instructs another kid to stop him. Which results in beat him to near death with a hammer. Then we cut to James who is doing special K, during his "trip" a rat comes and sits on the couch with him. The rat tells him what actually happened to Angel, not only did they beat him to near death with a hammer but then after he's laying there helpless they injected him with Drano to make sure it was done. Then Alig went into Angels closet and stole all his drugs and money. He then instructs the other kid to go to Macy's and buy a TV and some kitchen knives. When he returns they dismember Angel and stuff his parts into the TV box. They then leave this box in the living room for another week before the smell gets so bad they are getting sick. Then the box is dumped in the river. After hearing all this from the rat James writes his novel. Cut to Alig and his girlfriend in their hotel room. They have fun in the tub and go to bed. They are woke up by the police busting into their room. Alig is given a shortened sentence if he will "rat" out his boss at the Limelight for drugs, (which his boss was never actually a part of). Cut to James sleeping face down on his desk, there's a knock at the door, it's Alig he walks in and they talk a little. Alig thumbs through James' completed novel to reveal that the pen ran out of ink after the title page. At this point we then cut to James doing a TV interview about his book. When his cell phone rings, it's Alig and he reveals that it was him that got Alig arrested for the murder.