This movie is a good thriller with twist of misfortune.

Rating: 6/10 (10 December 2011)

The movie, A Clockwork Orange main theme was how society dealt with the reduction of criminals in futuristic England. This movie was released in 1971. Malcom McDowell played the main character Alexander de Large is the young troubled boy who after many crimes is caught and jailed for murdering the Cabwoman played by Miriam Karlin. Alex is the leader of a four member gang. He has to rivals in this gang struggling for power. Dim played by Warren Clarke and Georgie played by James Marcus. As this movie progresses, it breaks down further into two smaller themes. The first one is how Alex is introduced to the new treatment to prevent people from becoming criminals again. The second theme is when the tables are turned on Alex and he becomes the victim by his former victims. As Alex's gang commits more crimes and a conflict with Dim and George begin. After Alex shows his gang who is boss by use of force, his gang set him up to get arrested. Alex and the gang go to the house of the Cabwoman. Alex breaks in and gets into a confrontation with the Catwoman killing her. When Alex exits the house, he his assaulted and left there by his gang members. The police arrive, arrest Alex and imprison him. This sets up the second theme for the experimental treatment he receives so he can be released from a lengthy fourteen year prison sentence of which he only serves two years. After his release from the experimental treatment, the table is turned on him. He arrives at home only to find that his room has been rented out to a stranger by his parents played by Shela Rayner and Philip Stone and his former gang members Dim and Goergie are policeman now. After being beaten up himself by a former homeless man and his associates, the police arrive to break it up. To Alex's astonishment Dim and Geordie, the two who challenged Alex for leadership take their revenge out on him. They drive him to an isolated forest, beat him and try to drown him. Surviving the beating and drowning, Alex staggers back down the muddy road from where they took him only to end up at the house he and his gang members entered to rape Mrs. Alexander played by Adreien Corri and beat her husband up Mr. Alexander played by Patric Magee. Mr. Alexander recognizing Alex from his previous encounter and beating plots his revenge against Alex. A similar movie, Spartacus played Kirk Douglas is also a show item as was Alex when he was being presented to a crowd of curios members of the medical, correctional and media, whereas Spartucus was displayed as an up and coming Gladiator to the Roman officials. Both went through torture of some kind and both had the table turned on them. Self narration was used well in A Clockwork Orange by Alex. He gave insight to his troubled life before and after treatment. The colors used in this film were adequate to show a futuristic state. As in A Space Odyssey 2001, pastel colors were used to give the futuristic effect. Close ups in this movie were adequate but the most revealing close up is when Alex is strapped in the chair with the eye devices and wires hooked up to him while watching the assembly of the Third Riech, he is shown to horrified and the viewer can imagine themselves in that very chair.