This is a very interesting movie. It's a classic, to be sure, but it's also very hard to watch. It's about a kid who loves the ultra-violence, rape, and of course, the Ludwig Von. It's a film about justice, free will, and torture. It's story asks a lot of questions that you're left to ponder once the movie is over.
The movie centers on Alex DeLarge, a teenage boy who loves drinking drugged milk, listening to Beethoven, and participating in ultra-violent acts with his friends, including rape and murder. After finally getting caught by the cops, he is submitted into an experimental treatment, where he is given pain-inducing drugs while being forced to watch violent and sexual films, thus associating violent and sexual acts with pain. He is released a few weeks later an upright citizen, where he becomes an outlet for the anger of the other "civilized" people that he had wronged in the past. He is eventually tipped over the edge, and attempts suicide, after which he is sent to a hospital where he is "uncured", and he becomes violent again.
If it sounds complex, it's because it is. As I said, it leaves a lot of questions. Is it better for the government to rob people of their own free will for the sake of safety and security? Did Alex really deserve all of the hatred and rage that his victims inflicted upon him? And is Alex's savagery truly that different from our own?
I also said that it's really hard to watch. In the beginning of the film, you see some of Alex's acts of violence, some of which are truly brutal. At one point, you watch him gag and rape a young woman whilst singing "Singin' in the Rain". He truly knows no bounds.
"A Clockwork Orange" is an amazing film. Brutal, and philosophical, but amazing.
Rating: ****
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