One of Kuberick's many great films.

Rating: 10/10 (17 July 2011)

Stanley Kuberick's A Clockwork Orange is on the level of Hunter S. Thompson when it comes to the visuals. Whoever wrote it was a major stoner. I haven't read the book, but i'm sure that what Kuberick did with it was what the novel had going for it: Trippiness. Like Darren Arronofsky's Requiem for a dream, watching A Clockwork Orange makes you feel stoned.
Alex DeLarge(Malcolm McDowell) is the film's hero, or is he? Alex is a gang leader who breaks into houses and terrorizes people. That is, until his other gang members are tired of his tyranny, and sell him out to the police.
While in jail, they try a new experiment on Alex to turn him good so then when he gets out he'll be as good as new. This works, but once he gets out he realizes that his life and the lives of others will never be the same.
A Clockwork Orange is an intriguing and at times insanely hilarious film. McDowell, who nowadays just does minor roles, is wickedly funny in this film. Who'd of thought that you could like such a terrible person? A Clockwork Orange is up there with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining as one of Stanley Kuberick's many great films. A clockwork Orange is a sight for sore eyes that keeps you engaged, even if it does feel a little long.
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