The most dangerous film ever made

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2009)

No matter how much you hear about this film, you can never prepare yourself for how you would react when you see it.
The plot is simple. Little Alex (Mcdowell) is a dangerous threat to society. He gets captured. And with this, Burgess and Kubrick simply show why criminals should never be rehabilitated and why a healthy society needs violence and crime.
To see this film is an exhilarating, alarming, shocking, disturbing, amazing, fantastic, brilliant, entertaining, uncomfortable, erotic, illustrious, spectacular, theatrical, surrealistic, realistic, horrific experience that no other film can ever match, but will try to match.
From the opening scene where you see our stretch- eyed anti- hero and the wide open white space of the "Karova milk bar" you know you are going to witness something you never knew could exist.
This film has so many influential and iconic elements, where can we begin to explain.
The acting: Mcdowell is simply spectacular as Alex. His eye, his stare, his voice, his face, his nature, everything is just brilliant. I think his performance was more powerful than Kubrick could ever have imagined. In a few words- his iconic performance is over the top, restrained and a lot of fun. The rest of the cast is perfect, they just add the right amount of energy to make their performances adequate and to make McDowell shine for the star he is in this particular film.
The directing: Kubrick is nothing short of one of Hollywood's greatest film directors and here we have yet another Kubrick masterpiece that proves it. He is the only director who truly knows how to capture the dark side of human nature with simple filming techniques.
The set design: Futuristic retro minimalism has never looked better. This film is one big interior fantasy with everything from metallic wall papers, egg chairs, stainless steel and glass tables, furniture and walls accentuated with strong purples, blues, reds, yellows, metallics and just plain white.
The score: A Haunting, beautiful, mysterious, exiting and complex noise. It suits the film so well that it feels like an extra character on every scene.
This film is not for the faint hearted, not for the unintelligent and not for the self righteous.