A Terrifying Gem!

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 2001)

In some respects I can understand why this masterpiece was kept under lock and key for 27 years, but it's a shame that some of us have had to wait as long as that to view it.
Everything about this film disturbed me...so much so I wanted to see it again, albeit rather apprehensively! The story of a violent future that in many ways rings true about current society turmoils today, only the Government begin to play a more active and decisive part in 'A Clockwork Orange'.
Beautifully filmed, scripted, directed and brilliantly acted(McDowell is excellent as the demented Alex). The choice of musical score is befitting to the whole works aswell with Gene Kelly's classic vocal on 'Singin' in the rain' being the only 'modern-day' musical interlude which was a source of great release of violent endeavours for Alex and his 'droogs' as opposed to the tense and uplifting Ludwig Van(Beethoven), which was mainly Alex's source of inspiration for musical sombrierty.
'A Clockwork Orange' won numerous awards and nominations in various countries when first released including the New York Film Critics Awards for Best Picture and Director(Kubrick). This now classic masterpiece, was also up for 4 Academy Award nominations.
Watch it for the first time and it will disturb you...watch it more than once and...it will continue to disturb you...