Excellent film but also frightening to know these people exist.

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2010)

The film title is self explanatory. It's about an American, that is a psycho. Christian Bale's character is depicted brilliantly in this film and to think that people like this exist in real life is a somewhat frightening thought. American Psycho puts forward the idea of of self perfection to the extreme. Physically and just to name one example, in his work when he is trying to withhold his inner rage from not having the best 'business card' out of his colleagues.
There are many films where there is a person who goes from being 'normal' human being to a psycho and vice versa. But here, Bale's character is psychotic from the beginning until the end with no explanation as to why. Towards the end he tries to let his lawyer know he's killed people, but no one will listen to him and this is the closest he gets to having any form of logical knowledge.
This film is excellent and is very unique as it isn't always the protagonist narrating his own film however in this interpretation he does and it makes it all the most interesting and intriguing.
A must buy. If not, then at least worth watching.