Do not listen to the detractors

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 1999)

I have just read two previous comments on this film and I was astounded by their stupidity. One complains that Kubrick's film isn't violent enough. The thing is, while films like Fist of the North Star justify violence as a means of gaining revenge, A Clockwork Orange actually faces the real ugliness of violence, embodied in the young and amoral anti-hero, Alex. To just watch a film to get a cheap thrill off brutal scenes is one dimensional. The film also deals with such problems as mind control, teenage peer groups and the aspects which make us human. Evidently, some people don't want this kind of intellectual experience. If this is the case with you, then why don't you just lock yourself away with your copies of Zombie Flesh Eaters and other similar films, and don't trouble anyone else ever again.