Incredibly Shocking and Disturbing for Its Time

Rating: 8/10 (16 April 2015)

Set in a dystopian future a young hoodlum named "Alex" (Malcolm McDowell) roams the streets at night with three of his fellow gang members and stirs up as much chaos and mayhem as he can. He especially enjoys violence and inflicts it upon those who are too weak to defend themselves. However, things begin to change when he has an argument with one of the people in his group and discovers that his hold on his gang isn't as strong as he previously thought. It's at this time that he is set up by his friends and once abandoned is sent to prison for murder. But even inside the prison he remains defiant and continues to try to manipulate the system to his advantage. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling this film for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this picture established a reputation as being incredibly shocking and disturbing for its time. As a matter of fact it apparently still retains its "X rating" to this day even though there have been other films with as much violence and nudity as this particular movie. Even so this film is definitely not for general audiences and viewer discretion is advised.