Fantastic Movie

Rating: 10/10 (13 February 2009)

~CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!!~ A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is one of those movies that stays with you long after you have seen it. The first time viewing, I thought it was a pretty good movie, but not one of the greats. But after repeated viewings of it, it definitely grew on me and I now know why people give it such good reviews all the time.
The movie is basically a take on the inner workings of people. the way we think, the way we act and why we do these things. We all have our good sides and our bad sides. We make mistakes, that's a part of being a human.
The movie revolves around the character of Alex DeLarge, a teenager (at the beginning), who, with his droogs (friends), goes on the wrong side of the law. He takes drugs (the milk at the beginning of the movie), he steals, he bashes up old people, rapes women and eventually murders a woman while trying to attempt a robbery, which eventually goes wrong because the police arrive and his droogs betray him because they are sick of his actions. Alex is taken by the police and that is where the story really starts to pick up.
While in Prison, Alex starts to read more and more of the Bible. Alex is eventually chosen to take part in a new rehabilitation project which will change criminals and make them lose the ability to do evil acts. This is shown when Alex is released from Prison and is unable to act violent towards anyone, nor is he able to perform sexual acts upon women (such as raping them).
When Alex is released, he tries to go back home, but finds out that his room is being taken up by a lodger and his family basically do not want him anymore, so he leaves and meets up with the old man that he once bashed up with his former droogs. The old man gets his friends and they all surround Alex where upon two of Alex's former droogs appear and then Alex goes through hell. They punish him by sticking him in a trough full of dirty water. Alex stumbles upon a house where he once came to (with his former droogs) and raped a woman and injured the womans husband. The husband is still there and he punishes Alex, where upon Alex tries to commit suicide by jumping out of a window, and fails. He is taken to the hospital and he is changed back into what he used to be because people thought that it was wrong to have had him changed in the first place.
The story revolves largely around Alex and explores the evil sides of human nature. It's a very engaging movie and it will grow on you, like it grown me. This is definitely a recommended movie.