A bloody drama

Rating: 8/10 (27 October 2011)

The film uses dark humor to satirize the '80s. A soulless and greedy society where everybody is focused only on themselves and in how successful they are. It revolves around Patrick Bateman, a 27 year old businessman who goes on a killing spree.
Bateman is a wealthy Wall Street broker, he has a luxurious apartment, an expensive suit and a limo. But at night he turns into a monster and he kills people with little to no sympathy to them.
Every men in this movie is obsessed about his image and Bateman is no exception, he explains us in detail how he works out,what shampoos and body lotions he applies and how he goes to the solarium. He is not only concerned about his physical appearance though, he constantly argues with his co-workers about who has the best business card by explaining in detail what type of letter the card uses and what kind of paper it is. Though, we can verify that all cards look the exact same. They compete to see who gets the dinner reservation on the best restaurant or who has the best client. This serves to show how hollow was the stereotype of the American man back in the '80s.
Throughout the movie I noticed that all men look alike, they are all handsome, well educated, intelligent, wealthy, well dressed and they all share the same tastes. Such characters can easily pass by someone else and that is what happens. Bateman is called several names during the movie and he also uses one of those mix ups to commit a murder. This is another example of the stereotype, these self centered people couldn't see around them because they lived for themselves only and thus not caring about anything else.
I specifically loved Christian Bale's acting while he was murdering his victims. He added a little fun to the movie by introducing humor to the character and that was a plus for me, Bale was really the perfect match for the role. From dancing at the sound of Hip to be Squared by Huey Lewis And The News to chasing a hooker through a corridor with a chainsaw in his hands and a killer look in his eyes. This also helps us understand how deranged his mind really was.
The end is rather unpredictable and we get the feeling this lunatic murderer is the only one that actually feels anything towards anyone other then envy, a feeling of remorse. It gets you feeling like you wanted it not to end there and continued to see how it would all unfold after the events that took place in the end, but I guess they just wanted us to fill in the blanks. That ending provoked a confusion and left me to decide which story I wanted to believe in. What about you, what are you going to believe in? You probably won't get the meaning of it all at first and that is why I recommend you watch it as many times as it takes because this is an amazing work of art.