Has one of the best scenes of all time

Rating: 9/10 (20 March 2008)

I'm writing this review years after seeing this movie. The reason? Just because I think it has one of the all time great scenes in movies...the scene where the anti-hero of the piece finds religion. When you see why he is attracted to Christianity, you will soil yourself! I think this scene illustrates the human condition...we believe all sorts of things without really understanding them, which is why this scene is so funny.
Anyway, this is a movie about a gang of thugs who terrorise people. The State captures one and tries to 'reform' him...using some quite disturbing techniques. Perhaps this film is about human nature and whether it can be changed or not.
This film has many images that will stick with you forever-the sequence where the anti-hero discovers religion; the scene where the State tries to 'reform' the anti-hero, and some of the bizarre art featured in it-like the statues of the ladies in a bar, or the giant rocking gonad.
A disturbing yet funny movie about bad eggs and 'remedies' for them.