Sci-fi + Drama + Kubrick = A MASTERPIECE

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2013)

What kind of movie is this? A drama about life? A film about the life of crime? A Sci-Fi? A film about or against violence? Well, maybe everything I just said and more! The story is about Alex "DeLarge" (Malcolm McDowell), a young teenager, music lover of Beethoven, who lives a life of what he calls "ultra-violence". He and his small group of criminals terrorize London night with all imaginable kinds of crimes, from rape to assaulting houses and beating up on thugs. After all "the fun" Alex returns home and pretends to be the boy behaved that works to help people during the night. When he's line of crime reaches a point where he is arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
2 years of knocks and suspensions, Alex hears about a program that could take him out of prison soon. Little does he know that this will take him to an even worse situation.
Interesting story does in it? Despite the fact it took years until his debut and premiered when he was attacked viciously by critics. Well, let's continue with the review of this masterpiece.
Kubrick manages to make a film in a breathtaking by every minute that passes. The film is narrated in an exploitative and satirical language, even the dialogs between the characters can have a language satirical and exploitative, Alex is a great proof of that. Each of his words to the group and all other characters is all Shakespearean, we watch the film as if we be reading a dark and gloomy poem (like Alex himself). But every moment Kubrick doesn't resist putting the little British dark humor, letting the film be it pure entertainment at some point.
The disturbing scenes that plague the film (which are many, no spoilers) are filmed in a even disturbing way. The use of image and cinematography that Kubrick's use is disturbing as fascinating, framing in an impressive way.
A mixture of themes that Kubrick uses in the film is also a point to be brilliant. The use of drama in the story of Alex, while a hint of dark humor. Alex's vision of the world as a violent place where violence is to be made. And while it can have a cultured and intellectual mind with books and classical music.
The time when Alex is arrested and have entered the small program where he is just a guinea pig, for much less than he knows what it is, it will totally change his life and his mind, with that Kubrick's make's a entry of sci-fi so impressively. Then with the return of Alex to the world now as a completely changed man, suffering, tragedy and drama again re-enters in the film, and criticizes the society (even unpredictable in the film) and for the first time we start feeling sorry for Alex's character.
The performances are all excellent, Malcolm McDowell gives a fantastic performance in all details, their eyes and their expressions get's better by every passing minute.
A true masterpiece that manages to be so disturbing and interesting to watch. Move both mentally and exciting journey and when we watch the transformation of Alex and his world around. With a superb directing and writing and fantastic performances, "A Clockwork Orange" is truly a masterpiece of centuries with total recommendation from my humble part.