Didn't blow my mind, seemed average but the idea was good.

Rating: 5/10 (18 June 2000)

I have to admit the concept of a criminal being reformed and then being attacked by his own victims is a great idea. But the movie which I was expecting to be incredibly intense, was actually soft. In the rape scenes I didn't feel sad I just waited for it to end. Kubrick could have milked the crippled mans loss but the whole scene was too fast, I mean Alex plays psychological games with his "brothers" but when it comes to the rape it's just a thing that he feels like doing. It seemed more like fun than lust And some "ultra violence" that turned out to be, it was nothing. I could understand why he would want to attack his victims, but the old man was the only one that worked. And the government was made to look too ridiculous, at least do it with subtlety, might as well have painted I'm stupid on all their heads.
In short, the idea is pure beauty but it could have been done better.